Category: Travel dining
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Winners of this year’s James Beard Awards
Check out Grub Street’s piece on this year’s prestigious James Beard Award winners. The ceremony took place in NYC last Monday night. Grub Street lists the winners of all of the categories including: Best Chef: Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH) Bruce Sherman North Pond Chicago Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic (D.C., DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA)…
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Great time In Taos, New Mexico: Graham’s Grille
I’ve already mentioned the beginning of our trip to New Mexico that Robert and I had taken a few of weeks ago. After we’d arrived in Taos, New Mexico and had checked into our room at the Historic Taos Inn, we started out on foot to see the sites. It wasn’t hard because of the…
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Celebrating New Mexico’s 100th Anniversary:the Historic Taos Inn
This year is New Mexico’s 100th anniversary of statehood, and, earlier this month, my husband, Robert, and I traveled to this amazing area to join the celebration. As a kid I had traveled by train through this part of the Southwest and, ever since, I’ve wanted to come back to really explore some of its…
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Cooking Classes at the California CIA at Greystone
I’ve written about my tour, dinner, and flavor bar experience at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. The final part of this culinary adventure and what I had been most looking forward to was the course, “Cooking at Home” that would be taught by Chef Andrew Wild the next day. After our great dinner…
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New Jersey Wine and Food Festival with Thomas Keller as Guest of Honor
The 4th Annual New Jersey Wine and Food Festival will be held from March 30, 2012 to April 1, 2012. This event will benefit the James Beard Foundation and the Bocuse D’or USA Foundation and will be held at the Crystal Springs Resort. Famed chef, Thomas Keller, will attend as the guest of honor. Held…
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“Caribbean Garden” at the New York Botanical Garden
I’m in San Francisco right now with my brothers! I’ll fill you in later on our wonderful trip to the Napa region where we were invited to visit the beautiful campus of the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. We had a great time dining at their restaurant, participating in one of the school’s unusual…
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More Than Mardi Gras-Great Food and Places to See in New Orleans
A popular saying in New Orleans, ” Laissez le Bon temp rouler” (pronounced Lazay lay Bon Tom Roulay), means “Let the good times roll!,” and the people of this city definitely live up to this credo through their food and attractions. GREAT FOOD The Big Easy is a relatively short plane ride from New York,…
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Fabulous Desserts at Culinary Institute of America’s Bocuse D’Or Gala
On January 29, 2012, it was time to celebrate after Richard Rosendale was declared the USA ‘s competitor for next January’s Bocuse D’Or in Lyon, France! Now that their present obligations had been completed, the participants were now able to move about freely, and I was able to meet the chefs including Thomas Keller. Then…
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Culinary Giants At the Bocuse D’Or USA!
In 1987, Chef of the Century, Paul Bocuse, created the Bocuse d’Or World Cuisine Contest, and these culinary olympics have since been held once every two years in Lyon, France, the city of Chef Bocuse’s premier restaurant, Auberge du Point de Collognes. Twenty three countries have competed to bring home the gold statue, but only…
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10 Best Restaurants That Are Owned by NFL Stars
Zagat.com lists what they think are the ten best restaurants that are owned by NFL players. They are: Elway’s: Denver, CO, Multiple Locations Andy Nelson’s BBQ: Cockeysville, MD Offerdahl’s Café Grill Florida, Multiple Locations Shula’s Steak House, Multiple Locations Nationwide Tiffany’s: New Jersey, Multiple Locations Seau’s the Restaurant: Mission Valley, CA Billy Sims BBQ: Multiple Locations in…
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Travel Gal Kim Swidler 