Paris’s best pastries — a guide to the top patisseries.
Pierre Herme Pastries are one of the best parts of visiting Paris. If you’ve never had French pastries fresh from a patisserie, you have no idea what you’re missing. Although some of the best...
View ArticleCooking classes in Rome.
Zucchini blossoms Rome is one of the most wonderful places in the world. Where else can you experience the grandeur of the ancient world, the splendor of the Renaissance, and la dolce vita 21st...
View ArticleThe best food stores in Europe.
Harrods Food Hall If you’re like us, eating well is the best part of traveling. So in addition to all kinds of restaurants, we also include markets, specialty shops, and food stores in our itinerary....
View ArticleCooking classes in Florence.
Florence Tuscany is rightly noted for its delicious food and wine. Unlike some Italian foods, Tuscan cuisine showcases local ingredients like asparagus, white truffles, herbs, wild boar, rabbit, and...
View ArticleThe best bakeries and boulangeries in Paris.
Baguettes In America, most bakeries sell both bread and pastries. But in France, the two specialties aren’t always combined. Pastries are sold at pastry shops or patisseries, and bread is sold at...
View ArticleArles France travel guide.
St-Trophime Located in the south of France, Arles is one of the most interesting cities in Provence. It was made the second capital of Rome in 306 AD by Constantine the Great, and it has some of the...
View ArticleCooking classes in Barcelona.
Paella When we first went to Spain in 1997, the food was nothing to write home about. If you substituted the word “ham” for “spam” in the Monty Python sketch, you could describe pretty much every...
View ArticleWine tasting in Avignon.
Palais des Papes Avignon is one of the most interesting cities in France. In 1309, Pope Clement V disliked all the politics in Rome and decided to move the Papacy to Avignon. A couple of subsequent...
View ArticleThe best Italian food in Rome and where to find it.
Volpetti in Rome Rome is one of the world’s great food destinations. Whether you’re savoring a slice of pizza bianca at Campo de Fiori or enjoying a gelato on the Spanish Steps, eating great food is...
View ArticleSouthern California’s new L.A. Flea Market has great food too.
Flea market fun With some of the top flea markets in the country going strong for years now, L.A. needs another flea market like it needs a hole in the head. But Southern Californians are so crazy for...
View ArticleEnjoying rose wine in the South of France.
Provence vineyard Everyone knows that the French make incredible red and white wine. But their rose wine is also fantastic, albeit sometimes misunderstood. When I told a friend that we loved the rose...
View ArticleShopping for the best Italian foods at Eataly in Turin.
Unless you’ve gone there on business, you’ve probably never been to Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy. Although it’s an interesting, attractive city – as much French as it is Italian – it’s not a...
View ArticleHarrods Food Halls and the best food stores in London.
Harrods Food Halls Although food isn’t as inextricably linked with London as it is with Paris or Rome, visitors to London should make a point of visiting at least one of London’s marvelous gourmet...
View ArticleThe best patisseries and French pastries in Las Vegas.
Payard Patisserie From Alain Ducasse to Joel Robuchon to Pierre Gagnaire, some of the top chefs in France have restaurants in Las Vegas. So Americans can indulge in five-star French dining without...
View ArticleCooking classes in San Miguel de Allende.
San Miguel de Allende Since the 1930s, when the Instituto Allende art school was founded by Stirling Dickinson, San Miguel de Allende has been a popular retreat for artists, poets, writers, and...
View ArticleThe ten best wine bars in Paris.
Racine’s Wine Bar Perhaps more than any place in the world, Paris is a city with endless possibilities for eating and drinking well. Whether you’re visiting one of the three-star temples of...
View ArticleCooking classes on cruise ships.
Culinary Arts Center on Zuiderdam In the last few years, cruise ships have really upgraded their restaurants. Noted chefs like Charlie Palmer, Todd English, and Jacques Pepin have created menus,...
View ArticlePierre Herme.
Pierre Herme macarons Most people who are planning a trip to Paris look forward to taking in the views from the top of the Eiffel Tower, enjoying the Impressionist paintings in the Musee d’Orsay, or...
View ArticleTagliatelle Carbonara — where to eat it and how to make it.
Tagliatelle Carbonara There are two dishes we always order when we’re in Rome. The first is bucatini al’amatriciana, a robust combination of tomatoes, onions, and bacon. The second is tagliatelle...
View ArticleAgriturismo Piemonte — Farmhouse accommodations in Piedmont, Italy.
Langhe Piedmont During the 1970s, many Italian farmers couldn’t make ends meet and left their farms to earn a living in the city. The Italian government was concerned about the loss of small farms and...
View ArticleTrastevere restaurants.
Trastevere restaurant To us, no trip to Rome is complete without having dinner in Trastevere. The name – which means across the Tevere, as the Tiber river is known in Italian – refers to the location....
View ArticleNew Italian Restaurants in San Francisco California.
Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco has some of America’s top Italian restaurants. Acquarello, Quince, and Incanto have been wowing Bay Area diners with authentic Italian cooking, great wine, and...
View ArticleOrvieto Restaurants.
Orvieto shop Built on a huge promontory of volcanic tufa stone, Orvieto’s history goes all the way back to the Bronze Age. Romans destroyed the Etruscan city here in the 3rd century BC, and five Popes...
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