SAN FRANCISCO - Contigo Kitchen + Cava, an engaging, Catalan-style tapas bar in the city’s Noe Valley section, was destined to succeed even before it opened last spring. Owner Brett Emerson had won admirers at some of the Bay Area’s top eateries, including Greens, Chez Panisse, and Cocoa 500.
But what really pushed Emerson’s restaurant into the limelight was his blog, In Praise of Sardines, in which he championed his passion for Spain and his obsession with Iberian food. He also Read more…
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The autumn sunshine brings a new lustre to the Renaissance treasures of this great Italian city. Aoife O’Riordain checks it out
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Maiden voyages can be bumpy affairs but the owners of the luxury Silversea line must have enormous confidence in their product. They have invited the television world’s worst-ever hotel manager on board for the inaugural journey of the Silver Spirit.
Basil Fawlty, also known as John Cleese, will join the Silver Spirit on February 20 for the Buenos Aires to Santiago leg of the 91-day cruise. It leaves Fort Lauderdale on January 21 and arrives in New York on April 22 - a journey that encompasses Read more…
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Serves 6
Joseph Randall developed this recipe after a visit to Lafayette, La. He starts it with what he calls the “holy trinity’’ of Southern cooking - onion, green pepper, and celery sauteed in plenty of butter. Use any smoked, hot sausage you can find and vary the amount of hot sauce depending on the heat in your sausage. This version of Randall’s recipe dramatically reduces the butter; the original called for a half-pound. M.E. MALONE
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With an industry record 1.2 million cruise passengers in 2008, more ships under construction or on order than any other company in the world and over 250 destinations, Costa Cruises continues to expand despite the global downturn.
Costa Cruises has now set its sights on reaching 1.5 million guests in 2010. The Italian operator reported that it has continued to record encouraging performances in the first months of 2009.
Costa Cruises has more new ships on order or under construction than any Read more…
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For tango, midnight dining and bargain prices, you can do no better than to soak up the southern summer in Argentina’s beautiful capital
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Argentina’s big, beautiful capital is looking better than ever this southern summer, giving the Porteños (as the citizens are know) even more reasons to be cheerful. Excitement is mounting as Argentina approaches its bicentennial, with events already taking Read more…
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Zambian President Rupiah Banda has said his administration is working hard to enhance the tourism policy framework in an effort to promote growth of the industry, Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) reported on Sunday.
President Banda said the tourism policy would be enhanced to facilitate the effective management of wildlife as part of efforts to develop the sector.
The president said the government would not re-invent the strategy that Read more…
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Plush and private on the stylish side of town
While most new hotels in the modish barrio of Palermo Viejo are riding the design wave, arranging minimalist white chairs with frightening precision, Legado Mitico is striking a different pose.
The brainchild of two architects and antiques collectors, this intimate hotel works a thoroughly classy, and classic, brand of Argentine chic: rich, thick fabrics, plumped-up antique chairs and carefully edited artwork are set against a grown-up colour palette Read more…
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I told a friend who lives in St. Petersburg that I was going to Helsinki . He wrote, “Enjoy your herring … and your reindeer.” Even through the e-mail message, I could hear his sneer. Finland ’s cuisine has been historically maligned. In 2001, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy argued that Finland did not deserve to house the European Union ’s food-safety agency because “Finns don’t even know what prosciutto is.”
Four years later came the next international incident. Exercising his diplomatic Read more…
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A small Panamanian tourist ship was stranded in Antarctica on Thursday after hitting a rock near Arwski Peninsula in the south extreme of the Chilean territory.
”This is a regrettable accident and the circumstances of how it occurred are not clear yet,” Chilean army official Carlos Palacio said.
Weather conditions at the time of the accident were reportedly not good.
The Ushuaia started sailing in Argentina with 89 passenger Read more…
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