Category: Travel dining

• ZagatBuzz: 7 Most Debated Tipping Issues

  ZagatBuzz- New York City posted a hotly debated piece about seven issues relating to restaurant tipping: 1. Should you tip on tax? 2. What is the correct amount to tip on drinks? $1 a drink? 20%? 3. Do you always tip your barista?  4. When if ever is is acceptable to leave a bad tip? 5. Should a…

  kimsswidler

  August 16, 2011

  General, Travel dining, Travel restaurant tips

• NYC’s High Line: Expansion and Inspiration for Other Cities

  Last month, Robert and I revisited the High Line, a public park built on a 1.45-mile-long elevated rail structure in Manhattan.  The second stage of this multi-million dollar renovation has been completed so that this structure now runs from Gansevoort Street to West 30th Street on this city’s West Side. The Friends of the High Line says that, this summer only, it…

  kimsswidler

  August 10, 2011

  Gardens, General, I Love New York, New York City, New York Travel, Senior Travel, Stories, Travel dining

• Five of Emeril Lagasse’s Favorite Restaurants From Around The Country

  Emeril Lagasse shared with the James Beard Foundation five of his favorite restaurants from around the country: The Berghoff Restaurant in Chicago The Apple Pan in Los Angeles “Busy Bee Cafe in Atlanta Swan Oyster Depot in San Francisco and Il Vagabondo in New York   Click here to find out why Emeril picked these particular food establishments.

  kimsswidler

  July 25, 2011

  California Travel, Chicago travel, Foodie Finds, General, New York City, New York Travel, Stories, Travel dining

• Nice Getaway To Nearby Poughkeepsie, New York

  If you’ve read my posts, you’ve learned that I enjoy traveling from my native Albany, New York area to New York City. But as many of  us know, there are a lot of terrific places to visit between those two venues. So a few weeks ago I was delighted to be invited by Dutchess County’s Tourism Bureau and…

  kimsswidler

  July 18, 2011

  Dutchess County Travel, General, Hudson Valley Region, New York Travel, Stories, Travel dining

• Make Your Own Meal for the Plane-Consulting the Culinary Experts

  It’s that time of year again and, if you’re like me, you’re gritting your teeth and planning your family’s airplane travel as if  it were some unpleasant trial by fire. But added to all of our concerns including delays, cancellations and getting bumped from our seat is the growing problem that the food that you’ll be served on your plane…

  kimsswidler

  June 29, 2011

  Airplane stories, Foodie Finds, General, Tips, Travel dining

• More Gluten-Free Places in London

  As I’ve mentioned before, Sarah and I traveled to London for a mother-daughter trip a couple of weeks ago. Sarah’s gluten allergy was a significant consideration, but we found some good choices. Here are some of the places that we really liked: 1) Carluccio’s situated in Covent Garden, this restaurant was highly rated and had…

  kimsswidler

  May 11, 2011

  Foodie Finds, General, Gluten-free travel dining, London Travel, Stories, Tips, Travel dining

• 10 Strangest Restaurant Locations

  Check out Zagat’s list of the ten strangest restaurant locations. Here’s one that I’d love to go to-the Cave Restaurant. Zagat says that this American restaurant, located in Richland, MO, provides a three-story elevator ride up a bluff. The elevator deposits customers inside a restaurant in a cave that overlooks a river.  This photo was provided to Zagat…

  kimsswidler

  February 23, 2011

  General, Travel dining

• The Snookie Burger and 9 Other Bad Burger Ideas

  Zagat lists what they think are the 10 worst burger ideas around the country including a hot fudge sundae burger in Florida. Yuck! Click here to read the whole story.

  kimsswidler

  February 15, 2011

  Travel dining

• Super Bowl Recipes Care of the James Beard House

  Here are a couple Super Bowl snack recipes provided by the James Beard House in NYC: For  Honey-and-Spice-Roasted Hazelnuts from Chef Greg Higgins of Higgins in Portland, OR , click here. For Country Ham and Cheddar Pretzel Bites from Chef Edward Lee of 610 Magnolia in Louisville, KY, click here.

  kimsswidler

  February 4, 2011

  Foodie Finds, Stories, Travel dining

• Senior Travel: Where Have All The NY Delis Gone? To Florida.

  I know that it sounds unimaginable right now, but two weekends ago I was actually able to escape our upstate NY area. My husband, Robert, and I traveled via Southwest Airlines to visit my mother-in-law, Bea, who lives in Boynton Beach, Florida. As you can imagine  in a world of supply and demand, the plane tickets were pretty expensive. The crazy…

  kimsswidler

  February 2, 2011

  Florida travel, Foodie Finds, General, Senior Travel, Tips, Travel dining