More than one winemaker recommended the stylish American bistro Artisan to us during our stay in Paso Robles. A joint venture of brothers Michael and Chris Kobayashi, the restaurant has a minimalist yet comfortable interior, and excellent contemporary cooking. To start, I tucked into a rich, tasty abalone tostada, served with avocado and pork-belly carnitas. And [...]
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The San Francisco Culinary Empire of Traci Des Jardins
As noted in this month’s Hideaway Report, Traci Des Jardins is the chef and co-owner of Manzanita, the superb signature restaurant at The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe. Originally from a farming community in California’s San Joaquin Valley, Des Jardins is of French-Acadian and Mexican descent. She apprenticed as a prep cook at Joachim Splichal’s 7th Street Bistro in Los [...]
Ai Fiori Restaurant: “Among the Flowers” on Fifth Avenue
On a recent visit to New York City, we spent a night at the new Setai Fifth Avenue Hotel on Fifth Avenue between 36th and 37th Streets, a not particularly glamorous stretch of this great urban artery. Though our room was pleasant enough, its pervasive wood veneer finishes gave it a slightly institutional feel, and [...]
Koffmann’s, The Berkeley Hotel, London
London restaurants now compare favorably with those in any major European capital, including Paris. The quality and variety of the city’s cuisine are particularly astonishing when you consider that this transformation has occurred within the last 30 years. True, Albert and Michel Roux opened Le Gavroche in 1967 — it went on to be the [...]
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