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Mary Taylor: Staying the Course in a Changing Wine Market - The Connected Table

6 days ago | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

Mary Taylor has come a long way from working odd jobs in the working-class neighborhood of Massachusetts where she grew up to becoming one of the most successful independent woman-owned wine import companies in the United States. She’s certainly paid her dues, and it is now paying off, even in a changing and challenging wine market. An English major at Boston College, she started out as a wine server at the Boston Harbor Hotel.
Valdarno di Sopra DOC- A Breath of Fresh Air in Arezzo

4 weeks ago | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

Valdarno di Sopra (a.k.a. Val d’Arno) is a small DOC located in Arezzo, roughly a 90-minute drive east from Florence. This hilly, forested region sandwiched between Umbria and Chianti is named for the Arno Valley. It served as a country retreat for wealthy Florentines for many years.
Montepulciano’s Poderi Boscarelli – Rooted in Family - The Connected Table

1 month ago | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

Poderi Boscarelli in Tuscany’s picturesque winemaking area of Montepulciano is a family-run winery overseen by Paola De Ferrari Corradi and her sons, Luca and Nicolò. We had the pleasure of first visiting Boscarelli in 2009 where we spent an afternoon touring the vineyards and tasting wines. The family’s generous hospitality and well-made wines sealed our appreciation for Boscarelli, an appreciation only further cemented during subsequent visits over the ensuing years.
Tuscan Field Trips: DOCG Carmignano

1 month ago | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

Tuscany is a patchwork quilt of sub-regions with the largest being Chianti DOCG and Chianti Classico DOCG. We’ve taken several field trips to different sub-regions, including DOCG Carmignano, a small gem located amid low-lying hills 10 miles northwest of Florence. Just 39-square kilometers (24.2 miles), it is one of Italy’s smallest and oldest DOCGS, established in 1990. The region has a long winemaking history dating back to the Etruscans.
Taste of the NFL Scores a Touchdown in New Orleans on Super Bowl Weekend

2 months ago | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

We survived Super Bowl LIV Weekend in New Orleans and took advantage of many activities held throughout New Orleans. For both of us it was our first time living in a Super Bowl city. New Orleans really knows how to throw a party. Being the birthplace of Jazz and offering a delicious melting pot of cuisines, there was plenty to partake. It’s also Mardi Gras season, so purple, green and gold flags and banners decorate buildings, people bring out their sparkles and the energy level is high.
Saffron Nola: Marrying the Flavors of India with New Orleans

2 months ago | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

Saffron Nola was born from a vision shared by husband-and-wife team, Arvinder Vilkhu and Pardeep Vilkhu, to marry their Indian heritage with New Orleans flavors and traditions. Arvinder Vilkhu grew up in India to a family of engineers. Deciding to pursue his own path to work in food and beverage management for hotels and restaurants, leading him to New Orleans in 1984.
Clicking Glasses with Bartholomew Broadbent

2 months ago | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

The name “Broadbent” is firmly sealed in the legacy of fine wine much like Turnbull & Asser is to bespoke men’s clothing. Both originated in the U.K. where they gained recognition, and both have a global impact. Master of Wine, Michael Broadbent was a world-renowned wine writer and critic who helped establish the fine wine department as Christie’s Auction House in London. He died in 2020 at the age of 92. Well, the grape doesn’t fall far from the vine in this wine family.
Lucky 13? New Orleans' 2025 James Beard Awards Semi-Finalists

2 months ago | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

As newly minted New Orleans residents, we are thrilled to see 13 New Orleans chefs and restaurants make the semifinalist round of the 2025 James Beard Foundation Awards. Final nominees will be announced April 2, and the winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in Chicago on June 16. We’ve dined at or visited most of the semifinalists’ venues and have interviewed a number as well. Here is the list.
Nathalie Dupree, The Master and G.O.A.T. of Southern Cooking

Jan 15, 2025 | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

The news this week that cooking teacher and best-selling author, Nathalie Dupree, had passed away at the age of 85 at her current home in Raleigh, North Carolina, spread throughout the southern states- and beyond- like an enormous thunderclap and dense cloud. Just about every southern cook and chef was touched by Nathalie, including us. Melanie grew up in Chattanooga and started her career in Atlanta in the early 1980s. Back then there was one go-to person to learn about southern cooking.
King Cake: The Royal Ring of Mardi Gras

Jan 13, 2025 | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

King cake, a colorfully decorated sweet circular pastry or cake, is the showpiece for Mardi Gras celebrations throughout New Orleans. This year’s celebration began January 6 on Twelfth Night (Epiphany) and continues to Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras), the day before Ash Wednesday. During this time, king cakes sell briskly, and many bakeries have their own special versions. In 2025 Mardi Gras falls on Tuesday, March 4, making this a long, sugary season.