Connoisseurs Jon and Tom returned safely from San Antonio with tales of great food and the recipes to prove it. They also drank a lot... like A LOT.

Meanwhile, in New York City, Connoisseur Michael has been eating hamburgers of varying quality until he can't see straight. While up in Boston, Connoisseur Javier has been feeding his mind with books and some greatly anticipated new music. He's even had time to sneak out to the theatre.

Once back in the loving embrace of New England, Connoisseurs Tom and Jon decided a change of pace was in order, so they drank more booze... much more.

We've all been very busy but have made time to dine well both out on the town and at home. Javier has been reading like a maniac while Michael has discovered his new favorite headphones as well as a steady diet of butter are the recipe for a happy life.

Next week Connoisseurs Tom and Jon head down, with their big brother Aaron as well as their significant others, Jenny and Liz, to San Antonio for a week to visit with their mother and to take a much needed vacation. They will endeavor to bring you the latest and gratest from the recently dethroned fattest city in America!

Connoisseur Jon has just returned from a second goodwill mission to New Orleans with some quality local eats from the Big Easy. The rest of us have been planning how best to win the hearts of our loved ones: Connoisseur Michael has a silver bullet for Valentine's Day success: Chocolate and Wine. Connoisseur Tom is more old-fashioned in his amorous gestures, preferring home cooking while avoiding horrible drinks. Connoisseur Javier takes a page from both books with great food and sumptuous beverage. We've also been watching some quality cinema and playing some of the most promising new video games out there.

As our Valentine to you, dear readers, our third guest submission, Enjoy!

December brought us, not only the holidays and Connoisseurs Jon and Tom's 27th birthday, but also marked the end of the first full year of The Connoisseurs! Well, now we are back after a month of revelry and overindulgence with our biggest influx of content to date! All four of The Connoisseurs have been busy in the kitchen cooking for holiday guests and keeping traditions alive. Not to mention The Connoisseurs Breakfast Challenge! If you need something to wash that down, might we recommend some delicious beer or Champagne? Now, we haven't been homebodies all month, we've gone out to eat, taken in some cinema, and even done some light reading. Also keeping up with our geeky undercurrent, we've been playing video games and staying up all hours of the night. Here's to a new year, and a very promising future for The Connoisseurs.

The Great Connoisseurs Seafood Challenge has arrived! Check out all the Benthic Mayhem here. This update also brings us The Connoisseurs geekier side with two video game reviews and a couple products marketed towards gamers. Also Jon brings us a review of a popular Boston eatery as well as a couple Belgian beers. On the topic of alcohol, Connoisseur Michael issues a challenge to the wine-drinkers of the world: Fight bureaucratic control of the Wine Industry!