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Are Michelin-Starred Restaurants All They’re Cracked Up To Be?
Most chefs worth their salt have a dream to captain the kitchen of a 3 Michelin-starred restaurant. The award of 3 stars is an indication that the anonymous reviewers of the Red Michelin guides thought the entire restaurant, not just the kitchen, was “worth a special...
Turkish Airlines Introduces Culture to the Skies
As a travel writer and frequent flyer on many different airlines around the world, I am seldom impressed with onboard flight innovations that usually are designed to appeal to an elite, select few. But Turkish Airlines, the flag carrier for Türkiye (Turkey), just...
The Appenzell Region of Switzerland: Cows, Cheese, and Yodels
It's a massive understatement to say that the Appenzell region of Switzerland has character. It's exactly how you hope the German part of Switzerland will be. Well-known among the Swiss as the most traditional area in the country, its inhabitants remain astoundingly...
How to Get The Most Out of Your River Cruise
River cruises are among the most popular forms of vacation, offering virtually every amenity available on larger cruise ships but at an affordable price. They also feature enticing, unique itineraries often unavailable with their bigger rivals. My favorite river...
Restaurant Review: Vegan French Cuisine at NYC’s Delice & Sarrasin
Vegan and French cuisine sound like quite the mismatch, but Delice & Sarrasin in Manhattan's West Village makes it work. There aren't that many vegan fine dining establishments, even in NYC, but this place qualifies. The ambience is elegant but not fussy. The...
Travel News & Advice – December 30, 2024
FTC in the U.S. passes law about "junk fees." This new law prohibits bait-and-switch pricing that hides fees at hotels and in live-event ticketing. It's about time, right? But bear in mind that this doesn't prohibit fees, just the hiding of them. Free city tours...
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Destinations
The Appenzell Region of Switzerland: Cows, Cheese, and Yodels
It's a massive understatement to say that the Appenzell region of Switzerland has character. It's exactly how you hope the German part of Switzerland will be. Well-known among the Swiss as the most traditional area in the country, its inhabitants remain astoundingly...
Hotels, Resorts, Spas
Hotel Review: The Luxurious Hotel Imperial Vienna
Many hotels fancy themselves as “Grand” and “Royal,” but in the case of Vienna’s Hotel Imperial, the description can be taken literally. Custom-built in 1863 as Palais Württenberg, it was designed and constructed as a residence for Duke Philipp of Württemberg, who...
Food, Wine, Spirits
Are Michelin-Starred Restaurants All They’re Cracked Up To Be?
Most chefs worth their salt have a dream to captain the kitchen of a 3 Michelin-starred restaurant. The award of 3 stars is an indication that the anonymous reviewers of the Red Michelin guides thought the entire restaurant, not just the kitchen, was “worth a special...
Cruise & Sail
How to Get The Most Out of Your River Cruise
River cruises are among the most popular forms of vacation, offering virtually every amenity available on larger cruise ships but at an affordable price. They also feature enticing, unique itineraries often unavailable with their bigger rivals. My favorite river...
Museums, Entertainment
Ancient Theater Themes Could Apply to Present USA Politics
I decided to go back and reread some of the theatrical plays of antiquity that I had read many years ago as part of my high school curriculum. I dusted off my copies of Euripides, Sophocles, and Aristophanes and started going through them, especially looking at what...
Travel Advice, News
Turkish Airlines Introduces Culture to the Skies
As a travel writer and frequent flyer on many different airlines around the world, I am seldom impressed with onboard flight innovations that usually are designed to appeal to an elite, select few. But Turkish Airlines, the flag carrier for Türkiye (Turkey), just...