John Batchelor Dining and Travel

  Mark your calendar for August 19 at Cafe Pasta. Upcoming wine dinner featuring South African wines, hosted by the winemaker himself! I hav...

  You can't get any better at the beach!

 There's a new travel book out, "100 Things to Do in North Carolina Before You Die." I don't plan to die anytime soon, so ...

 Here's another wine dinner, this one in Winston-Salem at 1703 (1703restaurant.com), featuring wines from the Loire Valley. Follow up- T...

 I am hosting another wine dinner at Cafe Pasta on June 17. Come on out! Good wines, good food, reasonable price ($65). Folowup- We had a gr...

  Another neighborhood block party in Seven Gates. We get together and visit, having dinner with a food truck that sets up wherever we have ...

 As posted before, Harper's has "wine school" each month. Go to harpersrestaurants.com/events for the schedule. Each event fea...

 MJ's is a personal favorite. My wife and I recently returned for dinner.  Apple Harvest Salad Fried Oysters Shrimp Tacos (My wife's...

    My wife and I recently returned from a cruise on the lower Mississippi River, aboard a Viking river cruise ship.   Friday- before th...

Here's a link to my column about North Italia, published today (March 4):  https://www.yesweekly.com/foodanddrink/chow-down-with-john-ba...