John Batchelor Dining and Travel

   Had friends over for dinner recently. We shared some pretty good wines!

   Mark your calendar- I will be hosting a wine dinner at Cafe Pasta (cafepasta.com) on March 20.    Part of the draw is a partnership with ...

   My wife and I went to Pangaea (pangaeabistro.com) after the Neil Diamond matinee at Tanger Center ("A Beautiful Noise"). Anothe...

 A return to one of my favorite restaurants, Blue Denim  (217 South Elm Street, Greensboro, 336-676-5689, bluedenimgso.com). Chef-proprietor...

      Returned to Ridge Shrimp and Oyster ( 2205L Oak Ridge Rd, Oak Ridge, NC 27310, 336-298-7102) recently. Search Facebook for their posts...

I wrote about Odeh's for YES! Weekly in the 11/6/24 edition. See this link for the online version:  https://issuu.com/yesweekly/docs/11....

       T he Katharine (katharinebrasserie.com) in Winston-Salem hosted another bourbon expo last week- on October 3. Tasting stations were s...

 We had the Baconessence food truck serve our neighborhood for another block party this week. Their food is really good! Highlights: Lobster...

 Can't seem to get this retirement thing right. I keep going back to work, albeit in situations where I can still have a good time and c...

 Harper's holds periodic wine sampler dinners, approximately monthly. These are smaller and much less expensive than other wine dinners...