What’s not to love as you Sip, Savor, and Spa at this year’s Adirondack Festival of Food & Wine event, March 26-29, 2009, hosted by the Mirror Lake Inn Resort & Spa. The weekend is jammed-packed with tasty events: Cut-throat cooking competitions, Chef Book signings, tons of cooking and baking demos by top CIA chefs,…
This historic landmark hotel is perfectly situated in the heart of downtown’s cultural center, but when you’re done exploring Portland how about adding an interesting “charity component” to your getaway? The Heathman offers two very different packages that might appeal: Portland Patron of the Arts Luxury Package includes: Intimate dinner for two prepared by Chef…
California’s Artisan Cheese Festival debuted in 2007 and immediately became an acclaimed annual event for cheese lovers everywhere. This year’s bigger and cheesier four day event will again be hosted by the Sheraton Sonoma County – in Petaluma from March 20 – 23, 2009. Four days of seminars, tours, and demos will cover everything you…
Global financial problems have hit Moscow’s Blahnik shod shoppers and many luxe retailers like Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, Kookai, Diesel and Manolo Blahnik are closing their doors. Store rentals on these prestigious shopping streets are dropping by as much as 50% so the new names, hoping to satisfy the Russian’s craving for foreign brands, include…
If you still haven’t bought your sweetie a present and would like to WOW her with something really special, how about tickets for the 5th annual Oregon Chocolate Festival – a weekend long event will take place at the Ashland Springs Hotel and many other locations throughout downtown Ashland between March 6th and 8th, 2009….
Wine pairing is all right when you’re out for a nice dinner and can’t decide which red goes best with the braised wild boar over polenta. But if you’re ready to join the major leagues, then reserve your ticket now take part in sampling thousands of the country’s best wines at the San Francisco Chronicle…
went to Kokkari or Slanted Door or Laïola or Ozumo. San Francisco’s 7×7 magazine recently announced their Eat & Drink awards (a.k.a the Piggies, since the winners receive their own bronze pig statuette.) The good news for Bay Area foodies is that seven of the award-winning restaurants will host pork-centric dinners on Monday nights throughout…
After my first visit to Cleveland I became one of their biggest fans…I know–it came as a complete shock to me also, that there is so much to see,do and eat there! They just came out with a list of the top 75 ( yikes..I don’t know if if San Francisco even has 75!) Cleveland’s…
Dude-can you believe that this is an AIRPORT LOUNGE? Even though everyone else is cutting back, Lufthansa’s glamour makeover is The Bomb. It’s 16,000 square foot triple-decker glass-walled space (one for each flight class) has three buffets, showers, a bar ( w/ real bartenders) and wi-fi everywhere. Dining options include a large buffet of international…
Some things never change…this is still everyman’s #1 fantasy. But a close second, and the perfect gift for your honey offers these same yin/yang properties. Two incredible artisan chocolate makers have created their unique versions of salty/sweet caramels that, quite frankly, after devouring a box of each, I have totally tied for first place as…
Far be it from me to bash Cancun—oh, what the heck–don’t you honestly think it’s getting a little tired, sad and run-down? After a recent visit to the Riviera Maya, a measly 1/2 hour drive from Cancun’s international airport, I’d say this Rising Star has it allllll over Cancun. Why Go? The main town, Playa…
Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in chasing down the next new thing and you can forget about the oldies. Sometimes that’s a good thing because they’ve simply run their course, BUT NOT when we’re talking Yosemite’s Chefs’ Holidays. After almost twenty years, they are even bigger and badder than ever–and it’s my bad…