Word: epicureanism
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...upper stretches of Conn Valley Road are more locked in time than most other corners of California. Only a few miles away from the contemporary epicurean bustle of Napa Valley's Highway 29, the road meanders through the oak-studded foothills east of St. Helena, where, rather than busloads of weekend winos headed for trendy tasting rooms and amazingly expensive eateries, you're more likely to encounter bald eagles, bobcats, and - if you drive deep enough - the relics of the winemaking region's nearly forgotten past...
...Gourmet had a more panoramic view of the epicurean sensibility," says Mary Kay Culpepper, former editor of Time Inc.'s Cooking Light and a Gourmet fan. "You'd explore the world through what was at your table. Bon App's more about entertaining...
...advocates in wine merchants like Christophe Guitard, founder of Ochato.com, who impress on oenophiles how rare a privilege it is to taste a Savoie wine like Domaine Belluard's Les Alpes. It's made up entirely of Gringet, of which only 50 acres (22 hectares) exist. "If you are epicurean and curious, you want to taste this mysterious, extremely rare varietal, which moreover creates something unlike any classic wine, with notes of smoke and jasmine," says Guitard. "It's so atypical you easily lose yourself in it." In the process, though, you'll rediscover wine as it's meant...
...time. ''You go out so many times, you sort of feel like, 'What can I do that will make me a little different?'' she says. At a recent awards ceremony, she turned heads with a glittering turquoise outfit, complete with matching wig. This month at a celebrity ''epicurean gala'' in Los Angeles benefiting cancer research, she fried up a batch of her mother-in-law's sesame chicken, complete with ''beer, spices and everything that is bad for you.'' Since she was freshly shorn for a fashion-modeling assignment, she also took the occasion to show off another...
...Lebua certainly knows all about hosting lavish feasts. Last year, the hotel organized an event it modestly titled "The Epicurean Masters of the World," a Michelin-starred extravaganza at a cost per head of 1 million baht (around $28,000). Despite the hefty check, the dinner event was fully booked - and it received its share of official criticism, coming at a moment when Thailand's then-ruling military junta was unveiling an economic policy based, in part, on scaling back ostentatious shows of wealth. The dinner also mystified many ordinary Thais, who are used to dining on some...