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Travel Smart: Five Rules of the Rental Road
Gourmet’s travel editor wants you to get out on the highway, looking for adventure.
09.11.09
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- travel smart,
- europe,
- asia,
- britain,
- william sertl
travel + culture
Travel Smart: Hollywood-by-the-Sea
An historic hotel does wonders with its seaside setting and 140-year-old tree. Gourmet’s travel editor checks in.
08.07.09
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- travel smart,
- hotels,
- california,
- william sertl
travel + culture
Travel Smart: “Cooking” for a Crowd in Santa Monica
A new hotel package sends you to the farmers market to select the menu for an entire restaurant.
06.12.09
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- travel smart,
- california,
- los angeles,
- farmers markets,
- william sertl
travel + culture
Travel Smart: New Digs in Wine Country
Gourmet’s editor in chief finds country comfort right in the middle of town at California’s most luxurious eco-resort.
06.05.09
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- travel smart,
- california,
- napa,
- hotels,
- ruth reichl
chefs + restaurants
A Waffle Too Far? Never.
Is 400 miles too far to drive for a waffle? Well, not if it’s from Brown Sugar Kitchen.
05.12.09
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- waffles,
- restaurants,
- oakland,
- california,
- jonathan gold
chefs + restaurants
The Lanky One
It's nice to know you can still stumble on Cal-Mex dishes that haven't yet
reached the popular consciousness.
01.04.08
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- robert sietsema,
- restaurants,
- mexican,
- california
chefs + restaurants
Forgotten Cuisines of America, Part 3
Silicon Valley is a hotbed of up-to-the-minute Chinese restaurants, usually
found in grandiose shopping malls around Cupertino and Sunnyvale.
12.21.07
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- restaurants,
- robert sietsema,
- forgotten cuisines,
- chinese,
- california
travel + culture
Key Notes: Nicks Cove, Marin County
09.10.07
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- peggy knickerbocker,
- hotels,
- california
food + cooking
Cooking Asian in the Napa Valley
07.25.07
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- peggy knickerbocker,
- asian,
- san francisco,
- california,
- wine
travel + culture
Now That the Dust Has Settled in Napa
They say hotels never open on time, and I had no reason to
doubt them (whomever they are) after popping into Solage back in April.
07.12.07
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- william sertl,
- california,
- chefs,
- hotels














