All Entries in the "Food and Wine" Category
A Dangerously Sweet Chocolate Festival in Florence
The pension where we students live provides breakfast and lunch, but not dinner, so most nights we eat at typical three course Italian meal at a restaurant; pasta, meat and a dessert. After inhaling such a large meal, we usually stroll around Florence. Last week we stumbled upon the famous Chocolate Festival in Piazza della [...]
Wine Tour & Tasting in Chianti
Wine tasting in the Tuscan hills is a “must” while visiting Italy. Three other students and I rented a car in Florence and took off for a 12- hour tour of the Chianti Region, home of the famous Chianti Classico wine. We began with a three-hour hike through the vineyards. The vines were [...]
Weekend in the Tuscan hills
By: Annalyse, College Correspondent in Italy Studying (Sometimes) For my second weekend in Firenze, my friends and I decided we wanted to have a truly Italian experience, so we rented a car. We rented a mini compact car from Eurocar, for 70 Euro for a day full of adventures. When split between five people, it [...]
Shhhhh….San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter has a secret speakeasy.
A girlfriend and I were recently on Fifth Avenue in the heart of San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter looking for a bar. Actually, we were surrounded by bars – throbbing music, dancing disco lights and crowds of pretty party people. But we were looking for a secret place, a prohibition-style underground speakeasy. We had an address. [...]
Chef’s Holidays at Yosemite
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul – John Muir Hike through Yosemite Valley surrounded by waterfalls, or cross-country ski along the Merced River beneath granite walls, then return to the giant fireplaces and soaring ceilings at [...]
Travel the World as the Chef of a Cruiseline
How many times did you eat Alaskan King Crab, filet mignon or baked Alaska? Ask anyone who has taken a cruise and they’ll probably admit that they let out a notch on their belts and gained weight. Who manages the food preparation for 1,970 passengers and 900 crew members on a Princess Cruise to Alaska? [...]
Relaxed Island Life in Southern California
Coronado Island is a world away from skyscrapers, freeways and malls, yet it’s only a bridge away from downtown San Diego. Blue skies and warm sun keep watch on 70 miles of beaches in the San Diego area where a gentle Mediterranean climate tempts you to go to the beach. Coronado’s wide, white sand beaches [...]
Extrême Chocolate Tasting in Legendary Switzerland
For the delight of fine chocolate lovers, visit a chocolate factory in Switzerland. Take the “Chocolate Train” and visit the Cailler-Nestle factory and tasting room. What makes the milk chocolate so delicious? Fat, happy cows with rich, organic milk. After the tour, you’ll have about 30 types of chocolate to taste. Believe it or not, [...]
New York City Speak-Easy for Cocktails and Food
Little Italy in New York offers much more than red sauce dining and the Feast of San Gennaro. Read more from New York City Contributing Writer, Meryl Pearlstein who shares the inside scoop with us. Perhaps you know a bit of the rich and tenacious history of the area, first populated by Germans, then by [...]
