• Morton’s Steakhouse

  Watch how easy and fast it is to prepare this delicious, velvety dessert.

• Luciano’s

  Calzone is very easy to make… if you can master their dough recipe, you’re halfway there.

• Paloma Blanca

  Great ideas for entertaining your friends and family. Some delicious dishes everyone will love.

• Westin La Cantera

  Delicious fruit filled French toast, savory flatbreads and omega rich salmon. See how to prepare these healthy foods.

If you’d like to tell me about one of your favorite restaurants drop me a line.

More about Tanji.

17 years in the news media!

Tanji is an Emmy award winning journalist and has worked as an investigative reporter, news anchor, producer and host. Many of her investigative reports earned statewide and national interest and acclaim. Her indepth coverage of such issues as racial discrimination in the child adoption process led to changes in Texas state law.

After the 9/11 attacks, Tanji reported from the Pentagon. Once the war in Afghanistan started, she reported from the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Arabian Sea.

On a lighter note, Tanji was the original host and executive producer of a local lifestyle show called San Antonio Living, from 1997 to 2002. Her hosting expertise got national exposure when she co-hosted Live with Regis twice in 2000 during the nationwide search for a co-host.

When not covering the news, Tanji and her husband Mike visited vineyards all over the world and to pursue their interest in wine. They’ve taken a number of wine classes including the prestigious Wine Spirit and Education Trust of London’s intermediate course.

Tanji is also been a recipient of the Texas Tech University College of Mass Communications Distinguished Alumni award. She received a B.A. in journalism from the University while working as a reporter and anchor at the local affiliate KLBK TV.

Today, in addition to exploring the wine regions of the world, Tanji serves on the board of the New World Wine and Food Festival in San Antonio. She is also a board member of the Bexar County Family Justice Center, a facility that provides free services to battered women, and on the Advisory Committee for the Saturday Morning Discovery Program, a free arts and crafts program for children at the Southwest School of Art and Crafts. She also volunteers for the United Way.

A new adventure.

Fate has always been my biggest ally. It was fate that got me in the news business, and I believe fate is responsible for bringing my passion for wine, food and travel to fruition. After 17 years at the same television news station, I am venturing off in a new and exciting direction. Now, this fabulous world… what I describe as the ‘real’ world outside the news bubble… has unfolded. So c’mon—let’s continue to journey — together we’ll have a great time and discover some great wines and fun people along the way.

If you have a story idea, question about wine, restaurants or something else, please email me and tell me about it.