On the Road

Soniat House, New Orleans for Your Family Reunion - July 18, 2010

This summer, taste the luxurious life of nineteenth-century New Orleans and get away for a family reunion to the grand town house Joseph Soniat built…

Sweet Georgia Peaches - July 17, 2010

Peach season is amongst us and the Georgia Peach Commission wants you to take the Peach Promise and pledge to only eat locally grown, sweet…

Deli, go home.. - June 23, 2010

It’s funny how we think of the stuff we eat. The way we classify many foods in the U.S. is by its supposed ethnic background,…

Worst Pizza - March 4, 2010

I’m all about sharing a good resource when I find one. I never used to understand all the discussion over pizza. There were so many…

Mote Con Huesillos in Santiago, Chile - February 28, 2010

Lucky is an understatement. My plane left Santiago just a couple hours prior to Saturday morning’s earthquake, learning about it only after landing at JFK…

Kitchen Challenge: Baked Alaska - February 23, 2010

There are certain dishes that I’ve just never gone near. It’s not that I won’t eat them (I’ll eat anything), it’s that I’m not going…

Iphone Beer App - February 17, 2010

I always thought apps and beer went great together! I mean, give me mussels and beer, charcuterie and beer, cheese and beer, heck.. beer and…

Meister Hut Wine Dinners, North Conway (NH) - January 13, 2010

Taking place in the 1940s-era log cabin at its summit, Cranmore’s wine dinners offer a  fine dining experience in front of a fieldstone fireplace with…

Dallas Edition: John’s Cafe, Just Good Food - November 16, 2009

By Bite of the Best regional correspondent, Stephanie Amsel John’s slogan is “Just Good Food” – no gimmicks, no pretensions, just an old-fashioned neighborhood family…

New York: Chez Josephine, Good for Pre-Theatre - November 5, 2009

As I walked down 42nd Street toward 9th Avenue it felt so honky-tonk that I tightly clutched my purse as I wondered what I had…

New York Edition: La Palapa Serves Up Antojitos - October 29, 2009

Dinner at La Palapa was a must after meeting chef owner Barbara Sibley at Share’s sixth annual A Second Helping of Life in September and sampling…

New York Edition: Casellula, A Theatre District Nibble - October 20, 2009

I’m always on the lookout for a place to get a quick nibble before seeing a Broadway show. Casellula Cheese & Wine Bar on 52nd…

New York Edition: A Second Helping of Life - October 13, 2009

Share’s sixth annual A Second Helping of Life, held on September 21st at Pier 60 at Chelsey Piers with over 700 attendees (New York City)…

New York Edition: George Mendes’s Aldea, Not to be Missed - October 9, 2009

“Outstanding!” “Hot.” “The most talented young new chef.” That’s New York culinary folks talking about George Mendes, the Portuguese-American chef whose open-kitchen restaurant Aldea —…

New York Edition: Chop’t Creative Salad Company - October 6, 2009

My friend — who was home recuperating — sent me to Chop’t when I asked where she’s like me to pick up lunch. My only…

New York Edition: Walking the Brooklyn Bridge & A Visit to Grimaldi’s - October 2, 2009

Whether a tourist or a New Yorker, a perfect way to spend a fall day is walking over the Brooklyn Bridge and getting a nibble…

Table ONE – Hawaiian Dining - October 1, 2009

Another restaurant read that was too inspiring to keep to myself. I love the concept of dining a bit too much at times. A good…

Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, CT, Worth the Trip - September 29, 2009

Most things change dramatically, but not Farmington’s Hill-Stead Museum. I first visited the museum many moons ago when doing a story on Connecticut art museums…

LA Edition: Los Cabos Culinarios - September 28, 2009

I was reading recently about the new menus at The Westin Resort in Los Cabos.. The piece got me dreaming a bit.. Just thinking about great…

New York Edition: P.J. Clarke’s On the Hudson Worth the View - September 22, 2009

Take the 4 or 5 downtown, get off at Bowling Green station and enjoy a walk from Battery Park through Wagner Park along the lower…

New York Edition: Bite for a Nibble - September 16, 2009

I needed a light lunch in the big apple to get me through the afternoon as I was meeting friends for dinner at Insieme at…

Dallas Edition: The French Room at Hotel Adolphus - September 15, 2009

By Bite of the Best regional correspondent, Stephanie Amsel Greetings from Dallas! I told my 82 year-old neighbor that I felt like my neighbors here…

Chicago Edition: Skydeck Chicago’s Ledge: All Hype - September 11, 2009

I couldn’t wait to walk out on the ledge. I had seen it when it first opened to the public in July. The Skydeck was…

New Haven Edition: Luca Ristorante Italiano (Wilton, CT), Worth the Trip - September 8, 2009

My iPhone found Luca Ristorante Italiano — and what a find. We were on our way to see my childhood friend Nancy Sinacori perform in…

Centro, Des Moines (IA) - August 26, 2009

One night in Des Moines, I ended up dining at Centro down the street from the Suites of 800 Locust Hotel and Spa where I…
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