Eric Millman

2 weeks ago | 7x7.com | Eric Millman

With the opportunity to taste truffled “donut duck” hot dogs, walls of bacon candy, and scotch priced like a used sedan alongside the likes of Giada De Laurentiis and Alice Waters, it comes as little surprise that it attracts guests from all over the world comes as little surprise. But what of those among us who might be unwilling or—gasp—unable to shell out up to $7,500 for the honor? Let's be clear: there’s no truly affordable way to do Pebble Beach—but there are some more palatable options.

2 months ago | 7x7.com | Eric Millman

For the makers of this line of typically Italian liqueurs, the long road from stockroom to storefront started in the bel paese, but its roots run deep through the Golden State. Named after the founder of San Francisco’s first farmer’s market, Brucato Amaro has been keeping things bitter in the Bay since 2018, when founders Sierra and James Clark began producing a trio of local, small-batch alternatives to long-established European amari like Nonino and the city’s beloved Fernet-Branca.

2 months ago | japantimes.co.jp | Eric Millman

A proud Osakan tradition, spice curry in Japan is often known as magari (rental room) curry, a term that refers to its origins under the hands of pop-up chefs who rented temporary kitchens in bars and restaurants to dabble in the curry business. Amateur vendors of magari curry have been liberating the dish from the limits of convention, with ingredients ranging from the exotic to the downright bizarre.

2 months ago | perdigiornale.com | Eric Millman

Soft focus photos of sexy school girls dangle from the bar in what look like trading cards for fetishists. Unusually tiny, unshelled peanuts fondle the chopsticks under the neon light, and a Formula 1 driver mugs it hard on a calendar nailed to the door next to a replica jersey that spells out O-H-T-A-N-I.

Feb 14, 2025 | perdigiornale.com | Eric Millman

Why Here? With a day’s cushion in transit between Mt. Takao and Sendai, you need a place within easy reach of Ueno Station where you have some shot at actually sleeping through the night. As the lone spooner among Resol’s 19 other Japanese properties, each of which can only claim the mere title of Hotel, the Poshtel is so-named for its mid-swank tweener status.