9 Best Foodie Walking Tours | AOL Travel
Here’s a little something for the gluttons. AOL highlights its favorite places in the United States to wander around and gorge yourself on fine food.
World's 50 Best Restaurants | USA Today
According to USA Today, Denmark’s Noma drew top honors in a contest sponsored by San Pelligrino water and overseen by Restaurants Magazine. Six U.S. restaurants made the top 50, only one of which is not in New York. Seems like an awfully low total for the U.S., but then there are a lot of restaurants in the world, and my guess is the best one is actually some place in Nowheresville that few have ever heard of.
Another thing — and this is an axiom — is that there are three ways to cook a steak: rare, medium and RUINED. Rare is best, and medium is tolerable. It’s a matter of fact that less cooked meat is more tender and flavorful. Don’t get me wrong, you have every right to like well done steaks better. It just means you have bad taste.
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry | How to Cook a Steak
As I sit here casually prepping for a little barbecue (and watching my NCAA tournament bracket get further pulverized into dust), it’s important to remember what Gobry accurately calls first principles for cooking a great steak.
My Top 10 Foodie Travel Destinations | Tripbase
If you love travel, you must love food. So why not ensure your travel food experience is never boring, but tasty, adventurous, and even slightly weird?
-Jeannie, Tripbaseblog
8 of the Cheapest Destinations for Wine Tasting | BootsnAll
Been dreaming of a wine-themed holiday, but dreading the expenses associated with regions like Napa Valley? Why not search further afield for your wine adventures? A wine getaway, as long as you´re willing to plan ahead and turn your nose toward the less well-known wine regions of the world, can be surprisingly cheap. The regions offer lower prices, fewer crowds, and surprisingly excellent and unique wines. Here are a few suggestions for the budget-minded traveler and wine enthusiast.
—John McCarroll and David Joshua Jennings, BootsnAll
T+L Design Awards 2011 | Travel + Leisure
A distinguished panel of judges names the best-designed hotels, restaurants, and more in this year’s design awards.
—Charles Gandee, Travel + Leisure
The magazine highlights its favorites in design — everything from the Best Resort Amangiri in Utah) to Best Tech Accessory (the awesome Jambox from Jawbone).
I do have a few qualms, though. Why does “design” — at least in apparel and gear — not take functionality into account at all? I mean, take the Urban Mobility Backpack by Puma, winner of Best Bag. I get it: it’s white, it’s shiny, it’s hipster cool, it’d fit right in in our Dystopian future. But even having never seen the thing, I think it’s safe to presume it’s a pretty shitty backpack from a functional standpoint. That’s part of design, no?
Photo: The Yas Hotel | Dubai, United Arab Emirate
America's Best Coffee Cities | Travel + Leisure
I enjoy a good cup of coffee as much as the next guy, but I’m not sure I’d travel somewhere just because the place has some good cafes and roasts a solid cup of joe. it certainly wouldn’t be the primary reason for me to visit any of the places listed here.
America's Most Romantic Restaurants | Travel + Leisure
Before I even opened the link from my Google Reader, I knew The River Cafe in Brooklyn would make the list. I guess I’m starting to intuit Travel + Leisure Magazine’s tastes.
Top 10 Food Travel Books of 2010 | Tripbase
Is there such a thing as a literary foodie? If there is this book from the list is perhaps the perfect gift:
Twain’s Feast by Andrew Beahrs
Mark Twain is one of the best loved American writers of all time, but who knew he was also a 19th century foodie? Andrew Beahrs combines in-depth historical research into Twain’s eating habits with his own field studies of regional American cuisine. The sheer range of Twain’s culinary adventures is a surprising delight to the contemporary reader. Some of the foods he describes are still American favorites today, but others – like possum, croaker and Philadelphia terrapin – are a revelation.
