Category Archives: Restaurants

Buon appetito!

June 14, 2012
pranzo da TacconiWhen it comes to good food in a warm and welcoming atmosphere of comfort, friendship, and sociability, I'm for little holes-in-the-wall like this one.Read More
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Memories of El Bulli

March 21, 2012
Memories of El BulliHistoric photo: El Bulli, September 2007.Read More
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Adios, Sevilla

October 4, 2011
Adios, SevillaSaying goodbye to Sevilla last Friday evening was difficult—it’s such a beautiful old town, so full of vibrant street life, so teeming with history, that I think I’d like to stay forever, or at least for more than a week or so. And some day, perhaps, I will. Meanwhile, the Giralda, the soaring tower that was once the minaret of Sevilla’s Friday mosque, was lit up for my departure like a Roman candle against the velvety Andalusian night sky.Read More
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Another Maine Institution: The Bagaduce Lunch

July 20, 2011
Bagaduce Lunch, Brooksville, MaineHeading Down East, that is, beyond the Penobscot River, on a sunny summer day when skies are blue and a briny onshore breeze is stirring the tops of the pointed firs, make a right turn on 175 and you might with luck come across this Maine treasure: where you can order up a fine lobster roll or Read More
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Fans and would-be fans of The Lost Kitchen

July 8, 2011
Fans and would-be fans of The Lost KitchenNow that summer and summer visitors have arrived on the coast of Maine, lots of people are asking me how to find this Belfast, Maine, mystery “restaurant” which I wrote about back in January. Really, the only way is to go to The Lost Kitchen’s Facebook page and send Erin a message that you’re interested. Read More
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  • Tuscany Spring 2013 AmorOlio

    March 25 – 31 and April 22 – 28, 2013, at Villa Campestri, the world’s only olive oil resort located in the hills above Tuscany’s Mugello valley just half an hour north of Florence. READ HERE

  • TUSCANY AUTUMN 2013: AMOROLIO

    OCTOBER 21 – 27 Plans are shaping up for our autumn AmorOlio program, October 21 to 27, 2013, at Villa Campestri (“the world’s only olive oil resort”), in the hills above Tuscany’s Mugello valley just half an hour north of Florence. READ HERE

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