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The Secret Of St. Croix

The Secret Of St. Croix

I was so enamored by my experience, so enthralled by my visit, that I couldn’t wait to tell friends. Here are my pictures, I wanted to say. Let me tell you my stories, I started to stammer. Until I realized that I didn’t want to tell anyone. I didn’t want anyone to know about the treasure I had found. I wanted to keep it all to myself. It is a gem hidden among the more popular Caribbean destinations, a haven away from the tourist traps and tchotchkes that clutter the beaches and streets of so many other islands. It is…

May 22, 2013 | By
The Side Dish: Best Food, Drink, and Travel of 2012

The Side Dish: Best Food, Drink, and Travel of 2012

I began the year with a return visit to the Cayman Cookout and ended my year with a marvelous Taste of Tulalip. In between, there were adventures in Maui, New Orleans, Indianapolis – with good friends, great food, and incomparable imbiberies. What more could a girl ask for?

December 13, 2012 | By
Quick Spin: Beverage Director David Mokha of Fontainebleau Miami

Quick Spin: Beverage Director David Mokha of Fontainebleau Miami

After last summer’s interviews with Maui chefs Eric Faivre and Isaac Bancaco of the Grand Wailea, I’ve been more curious about the operations of a hotel, particularly when it comes to food and beverage services. Hotel restaurants are often more complex beasts compared to their traditional brick and mortar cousins, from the seasonal clientele with diverse tastes and expectations to the need for season-less products and ingredients. Most larger hotels offer multiple restaurants at opposite ends of the cuisine spectrum, requiring the ability to see – and oversee – an even bigger picture. So how does one make it all…

July 19, 2012 | By
“World’s Best” Noma Staff Contributes to Copenhagen Travel Guide

“World’s Best” Noma Staff Contributes to Copenhagen Travel Guide

Experiencing busy streets full of construction work, trash bins overflowing after a happy weekend, and political stickers on every other lamppost are part of the process of rediscovering beauty – the beauty of a story, like an old kitchen cutting board where each line carved by the chef’s knife adds to the value of the wood, like exploring the nature that surrounds you and bringing back the local and rustic ingredients into the kitchen. It’s rediscovering the beauty of what’s right in front of you. Thus begins the chic, full-color guidebook to Copenhagen, Denmark, recently released by travel website, Momondo….

May 15, 2012 | By
Celebrating The Best of Maui at the 2012 Maui County Agricultural Festival

Celebrating The Best of Maui at the 2012 Maui County Agricultural Festival

The stage was most certainly perched on an angle when I took my seat at the judging table during the Maui County Agricultural Festival. After participating as a judge in a dozen or so food and drink competitions, it was my first experience doing so from a proper “stage” – even a slightly precarious one. On the grounds of the beautiful Maui Plantation, nestled at the base of the green mountains so familiar to the Hawaiian countryside, the day began as most on the islands do – a little overcast, a possibility of rain. The late morning clouds parted just…

April 25, 2012 | By
Maneuvering Through Maui – Restaurant Picks on the Hawaiian Island

Maneuvering Through Maui – Restaurant Picks on the Hawaiian Island

When Maui calls, you have to answer. Since my last magical visit to the island, I’ve dreamed of nothing but palm trees and the warm breeze that greets when you when arrive. The solitude of cruising down a sunny two-lane, oceanside highway. The welcoming ‘aloha’, the thoughtful ‘mahalo’.

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