![]() Where to start with the luxury watch market? We've got a few crucial picks in mind. It's worth buying and wearing as often as possible, all the better to get some "ROI" on your purchase. Sure, these timepieces are more expensive, but that's a good thing: There's hardly a situation where you can't wear your new favorite luxury watch, and that goes for more casual affairs, too. The best luxury watches feature precise movements, handsome dial designs, high-quality case and strap materials, and just a little something extra to separate them from the rest of the pack. ![]() The best men's watches are a welcome addition to your wrist game. It adds elegance and refinement to your most well-tailored ensembles and reminds you of both meaning and purpose that keeps you on track throughout the day. It's a step up in every way from the timepiece you might be used to wearing daily, whether it's a smartwatch, a rugged silicone strapped watch, or a "daily driver" leather watch that you've had for years. “You can train yourself, but also when you add your life experiences-cooking a lot, superb produce, and going to the markets-you start to pick up on what good taste is.Every great watch rotation needs a healthy assortment of the best luxury watches, or at the very least, one especially investment-level timepiece. “Having a palate for delicacies is like having a palate for wine,” Roederer said. ![]() “Having a palate for delicacies is like having a palate for wine.” - Diane Roederer The People’s Choice winner was Kata Robata for their fatty tuna hand roll and truffle cream-filled cookie. In 2022, the team from MAD and BCN Taste & Tradition restaurants won the title of Truffle Master with their bonbon of Basque cheesecake filled with citrus and truffle confit, and shaped like an astronaut’s helmet. Founded in 2008 by designers Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne, Public School has found a niche in urban tailoring. There’s wine, entertainment, and 12 hand-selected judges from across the state (with a palate for truffle dishes) who determine the year’s Truffle Master. Every year, she hosts a select gathering of foodies: Chefs get a pound of fresh black truffles to prepare however they wish, creating 500 small bites served to the 500 guests (there were 250 when it started). In 2015 Roederer founded the annual Truffle Masters event. If there’s a market somewhere, I will be there.” There’s always the most interesting people in those markets and always something new to try. And I love going to markets,” Roederer said. “I used to travel around the world with my parents, and every summer we would go to another part of the world and taste food. Anything a chef can add to a list, Roederer says she can find. She has also added many other gourmet goods to her store, including caviar, pastas, mushrooms, canned fish, butters, foie gras, and more. Today, Roederer supplies her luxury culinary goods to more than 300 restaurants in Houston and recently started a partnership with H-E-B to bring other high-end fungi, such as chanterelles, porcini, morels, black trumpets, oyster, and maitake to more than 20 stores in the state. It brought me to Texas and brought me to my business.” “I’ve hunted pretty much on all continents, because I think it’s the best way to travel. “Really, my life has been dictated by hunting,” Roederer said. In 2012 she moved to Houston with her two children, and it wasn’t long after that she had her epiphany in Spain and began her truffle-import business, right from her garage. ![]() She left her hometown of Strasbourg, France, near the German border, and moved to Del Rio. In 1991, after a short visit for a big-game hunting excursion in Del Rio, Texas, Roederer fell in love with a local man. How Roederer ended up as the unsung hero of the Houston culinary scene is as random and lucky as, well, locating a prize truffle. “The dynamic is what makes this industry so fun.” It’s super specialized, with smaller quantities, whereas the grocery store has 20 types of mushrooms, and they’ll take 10–40 pounds of each kind,” Roederer said. “To me, the restaurant business is like running a pharmacy. At the DR Delicacy storefront in northwest Houston, you can find shelves filled with every kind of truffle-infused product, including olive oil, clarified butter, truffle honey, and truffle slicers. In 2016, DR Delicacy began selling truffle products to all 10 Central Markets in Texas and multiple high-end restaurants across Houston.
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