Carlyn Berghoff and fall hiking

This week I've published two stories in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: an interview with Carlyn Berghoff about continuing her family's restaurant in Chicago (now called Cafe Berghoff) and a story about fall hikes (plus tips on what types of shoes/boots, water containers and packs are best).

drinking from the top of the city

For this article on Wine Enthusiast's web site, I had a lot of fun reaching into my memory bank and also talking to friends about the best rooftop bars around the world. Here, I write about a few:
http://tiny.cc/ddaxN. Now who is up for a moonlit glass of Malbec some evening?

Back-to-school movies

Read my story in the September 15, 2009, issue of American Way about back-to-school movies. http://www.americanwaymag.com/john-keating-captain-back-to-school-wellesley-college-1

This was a fun "assignment" (ha ha, get it?)!

-Kristine

two articles in Wine Enthusiast's October 2009 issue

For the October 2009 issue of Wine Enthusiast, I've got two articles in the book: an interview with Wayne Gretzky (aside from being a retired hockey player he owns No. 99 Estates Winery in Ontario, Canada), and info on four eco lodges in Central America that pour awesome wines.

interview with Stephanie Izard

Stephanie Izard, who won season four of Top Chef, is getting ready to not only open a restaurant in Chicago (Drunken Goat) but she's also working with winemakers out in Washington to develop some wines. I interviewed her for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: http://www.jsonline.com/features/food/54784892.html

articles in Garden Design, Milwaukee Magazine and Wine Enthusiast

For Wine Enthusiast's September 2009 issue, I wrote about how to host a literary feast, taking novels like Bento Box in the Heartland: My Japanese Girlhood in Whitebread America (Seal Press 2006), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Vintage 2008) and Atonement (Anchor 2006) and suggesting wine and food pairings.

For Garden Design's July/August 2009 issue, I had the pleasure of chatting with Clover Chadwick, owner of Dandelion Ranch, a very chic (it's inside a barn in the middle of L.A.!) floral shop and design studio.

And finally, for Milwaukee Magazine's September 2009 issue, which features an awesome cover story about beating the recession (if you're local, check it out for some little-known money-saving tips on local attractions/entertainment), I wrote a fun short about Barbie's connections to Wisconsin. Did you know that she was born in the fictitious North Woods town of Willows, Wisconsin?

-Kristine

need some espresso-making tips?

I had a blast sitting down with Scott Lucey, barista trainer at Alterra Coffee Roasters in Milwaukee, and also 2009 Great Lakes Barista Champ. He also placed third in this year's U.S. Barista Competition.

You can read the interview in the August 2009 issue of Milwaukee Magazine.