When Not Just Any “Tea For Two” Will Do :: London
Maybe it doesn’t make all the headlines like receiving a Pulitzer or an Academy Award, but winning the prestigious Tea Guild’s Top London Afternoon Tea Award, is one of the…
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Anchor’s Away– I so Hope Not! :: San Francisco
I just returned from a press tasting at Anchor & Hope, the new East Coast gone West, oyster bar/fish shack from dream team, Doug Washington and the Rosenthal bro’s,(Town Hall,…
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Bring Me My Cheese! :: New York City
One of my favorite neighborhood restaurants, and one of my favorite overall when I lived in mid-town Manhattan was Artisanal Fromagerie and Bistro on 32nd Street between Park and Madison…
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Make Mom’s Day With A Box of Exotic Chocolate Truffles :: Vosges Haut Chocolate
Moms and wives (who are moms) love chocolate. They love spring. So logically, they’d really love a spring hatbox filled with exotic chocolates from my favorite luxury chocolatier, Katrina, at…
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Conduit Restaurant :: San Francisco, Ca.
If there was a Bravo Top Architect Show, Stanley Saitowitz could fill the Tom Colicchio, the head judge role, for his successful career in architecture. Countless buildings he designed have…
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Mac vs Taters! :: NYC
I’m so glad that the Atkins diet craze has finally crashed and burned. To herald in the long-awaited “Return of the Carbs” are two new exciting eateries battling it out…
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These Dinners Make Perfect Sense! New York
I just read what Dan Barber, Executive Chef, Blue Hill at Stone Barns, is planning and it sounds fascinating… The Five Senses Dinner Series Chef Barber is offering an exciting…
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Montreal has a hot new resto :: Koko!
I stayed at the Opus Hotel in Montreal last September. At the time, it was undergoing a dramatic transformation. The goth-like rooms in the former Hotel Godin were being Opus-ized…
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Best By The Bay: 100 Top San Francisco Area Restaurants
As a third-generation San Franciscan, I’ve been spoiled by having access to great restaurants of every possible cuisine. Of course, there are thousands of potential restaurants to choose from across…