From our travel colleagues at Gothamist.com: “STOP what you’re doing and program your TiVos or mark this down in your Outlook calendars or PDAs..” Their (and my) favorite best-selling author, relunctant food celeb, culinary adventurer and Food TV personality has a new Travel Channel TV show… “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations” premieres next Monday, July 25,…
In anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer
anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away. —Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Food is life. So the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in D.C. from June 23-27 and June 30-July 4 is sure to be a big draw along the Mall. Especially when celebrity chefs like Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse take center stage to showcase Food Culture USA and the role of food in American society over the…
A grocery store that serves classic bistro cuisine? In Food & Wine Magazine’s April 2005 issue’s “Affordable Paris” section, a one-year-old grocery store (epicerie) called Les Papilles (“taste buds” in French) lets you feast on a 4-course $39 prix-fixe meal that’s delicious in every way: soup, entree, a cheese course, and creme brulee for dessert….
Even when it was snowy, windy and blustery last December, my daughter knew it was worth the wait to get the acknowledged best ice cream in Paris. Glaces Berthillon has a half-dozen storefronts on Ile Saint Louis, the little island on the Seine near Notre Dame, plus dozens of outlets all over the City of…
Dim sum in Hong Kong and satay in Thailand? TravelWizard is offering a culinary and cultural tour of China, Thailand, and Singapore this October, where you can eat the finest cuisine Asia has to offer –– and learn how to make it, too.
NAPA WINE TRAIN, NAPA, CA
You don’t actually have to visit the Windy City to experience sinfully delicious chocolate blended with spices you never dreamed would taste so good. After all, most people just click on their terrific Web site to order a tempting assortment of exotic, extraordinary and unusual truffles: www.vosgeschocolate.com
If it looks like sushi, smells like sushi and tastes like sushi, it must be sushi. Right? Not quite. Homaro Cantu, executive chef of Moto in Chicago’s meatpacking district, is actually printing sushi images on pieces of edible paper –– made of soybean and cornstarch, flavored with powdered soy and seaweed seasonings. Then he blends…