Fiery End: Manka’s Inverness Lodge, West Marin County, CA
Sad news… One of the best restaurants in Marin County, north of San Francisco, burned to the ground last week following a storm-induced incident. Now the world famous Manka’s Inverness…
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Haute Japanese Cuisine and Elegant Decor: Zuma, London
As a lover of modern Japanese cuisine, I was pleasantly surprised when my date took me out to lunch at Zuma — a Tokyo-style restaurant in London’s fashionable Knightsbridge district….
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Great Food, Grating Service: Grand Café, Hotel Monaco, San Francisco
It’s a shame, actually. The enormous main dining room at the French-California brasserie of the Grand Café was elegantly decorated. Its 30-foot-high ceilings and 20th century Parisian atmosphere were breathtaking….
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Seduced by the Sultry Setai: Miami Beach, FL
<img src=”https://www.vagablond.com/wp-content/uploads/images/SetaiRestaurant.jpg” width=”375″ height=”240″ alt=”” title=”” border=”1″ style=”float: right; padding: 4px; margin: 5px 5px 5px 5px; border: 1px;”/>The Assignment: Write up my most memorable upscale meal of 2006. My Answer:…
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Vegan Cuisine Does Its Thing: Cafe 8, Tokyo, Japan
Japanese food is generally healthy, except for the fried tempura. But try a meal at Tokyo’s Nakameguro district’s Cafe 8. It features macrobiotic, vegan cuisine void of all animal proteins….
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Coast-to-Coast Cool Fresh Fruit: Pinkberry, LA & NY
The next new thing in LA is not a holiday movie or second season TV show. It’s frozen yogurt that’s so good, it’s “the taste that launched 1,000 parking tickets.”…
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The Best In Burgertown USA: Red Mill Burgers, Seattle, WA
When I go to eat a burger –– a real burger and not that trash you pick up at a take out window –– I go for the old school…
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What the Ticos Drink: Cacique Guaro, Costa Rica
In 1994 I stood in a local bar in the countryside near Grecia. A weathered old man walked in from a day in the cane fields. A machete hung at…
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Shop With the Chef at The Fairmont Royal York: Toronto
The Fairmont Royal York in Toronto is offering a fun, informative and tasty weekend culinary shopping package. I made a reservation for the Shop With Chef package earlier this fall,…
