On paper, LAMILL Coffee Boutique sounds like a send-up of Los Angeles chic as imagined by a Saturday Night Live sketch writer. The truth is, the vibe is full-on enthusiastic coffee geek....

Ever wonder why no one you know manufactures chocolate from raw cocoa beans? Right—neither had I until I spent an afternoon with 22-year-old Colin Gasko.

What was your most memorable trip this year? Visiting a friend in North Carolina, I was pleasantly surprised by Asheville.

The Imperial is one of those Delhi hotels that everyone loves, including my husband. But frankly, I was a little underwhelmed.

Bounty. It has a proper name: Gourmet Market. It has a distinct location: Bangkok's Siam Paragon mega mall.

Like your grandmother's country house, Rondo Retreat is of another time, but nothing about it was done on the cheap.

If I want to feel like a revolutionary, or a poet, or both, Kolkata's Indian Coffee House (15 Bankim Chatterjee Street) is the place to be.

We offered some of our favorite restaurant critics a theoretical $1,000 to spend dining out in their home city.

We offered some of our favorite restaurant critics a theoretical $1,000 to spend dining out in their home city.