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Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Chef Marc Veyrat is planning to open another high-altitude restaurant, in the tiny hamlet of Manigold, in the French Alps.
02.22.07
- Keywords
- alexander lobrano,
- chefs,
- farm-to-table,
- france
travel + culture
Gute Reisen, Gute Speisen
Who'd have believed the Germans would win when it came to providing the best eating on trains in Europe?
02.12.07
- Keywords
- alexander lobrano,
- restaurant notes,
- europe,
- germany
travel + culture
Postcard from Krakow: Pierogi Paradise
I fell in love with pierogi when I was eight years old and the Polish
grandmother of my best friend made them as an after-school treat.
01.18.07
- Keywords
- alexander lobrano,
- restaurants,
- europe
travel + culture
2006: The Year in Travel
Your most memorable trip this year? Yangon, in Myanmar, a romantic, rain-soaked British imperial city like something out of Kipling.
12.27.06
- Keywords
- alexander lobrano,
- the year in travel
travel + culture
Pulling Up the Welcome Map
Many Europeans say the U.S. is doing everything it can to discourage tourism.
12.22.06
- Keywords
- alexander lobrano,
- europe
travel + culture
Haute Cuisine, Haute Conscience
The first Fair Trade dish on a Paris restaurant menu has just debuted at L'Obelisque, one of the restaurants at the luxurious Hotel de Crillon.
12.21.06
- Keywords
- alexander lobrano,
- restaurants,
- paris,
- food politics,
- organics market
travel + culture
The Ost With The Most
Seventeen years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Berlin is being swept by a curious nostalgia for the once-loathed Communist half of the country.
12.16.06
- Keywords
- alexander lobrano,
- berlin
travel + culture
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
On Saturday morning the organic market on the Boulevard des Batignolles is busy with shoppers buying chestnuts, cepes, and fresh goat cheese.
12.14.06
- Keywords
- alexander lobrano,
- paris,
- shopping
food + cooking
Not Too Quick: Europe Says No To Fast Food
Fast Food Nation, the much-praised American film about the fast-food business, just opened in Paris and has instantly become a hit with the city's media crowd.
12.13.06
- Keywords
- alexander lobrano,
- culinary culture,
- europe
chefs + restaurants
Flying High With Alain Ducasse
Having just taken over the Jules Verne restaurant in the Eiffel Tower, the sky’s no longer the limit for gastronaut Alain Ducasse.
12.07.06
- Keywords
- chefs,
- restaurants,
- french,
- alain ducasse,
- alexander lobrano