Posts Tagged ‘ Food & WIne ’

Old San Juan: Drink, Dine Island-Style

December 8, 2009
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Old San Juan: Drink, Dine Island-Style

Along narrow cobblestone streets, and tucked inside brightly-colored buildings,  Old San Juan’s most interesting restaurants add to this Caribbean capital’s lively flavor. Here are some favorites from a recent visit. Dragonfly, located at the head of Calle Fortaleza in the artsy SoFo district, serves up tapas-style, Latino-Asian fusion cuisine.  The restaurant is part of...

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Oviedo: City of Cider

November 20, 2009
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Oviedo: City of Cider

Heaping bowls of lethally-smooth sangria were on offer. But I was saving myself for the several varieties of sidra naturale, made from naturally-fermented apples.

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Philadelphia: Chestnut Hill Takes The Cake

October 20, 2009
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Philadelphia: Chestnut Hill Takes The Cake

I tell people I moved to Chestnut Hill -- a leafy neighborhood about 10 miles northwest of downtown Philadelphia-- to be near the bike trails of the Wissahickon Woods. Read my hips. I was really more interested in the trail of powdered sugar leading to the few remaining private bakeries in town

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Mikulov: Burcak by the Bottle

September 8, 2009
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Mikulov: Burcak by the Bottle

It's grape harvest time in central Europe and that means wine festivals and sticky-sweet new wines like burcak. Never heard of it? Head to the Czech village of Mikulov and you'll find plenty of this pumpkin-colored elixir, along with costumed locals and tipsy tourists reveling in the streets during the 40-year-old Pálava Vine Harvest...

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Editor’s Corner

Robert DiGiacomo questions which "new" landmarks will be considered classics some day.

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