travel
Monaco Fish Market
My friend Sue was recently in Monaco, and took some nice photos at the supermarche. It made me think about how much I love visiting markets when I’m traveling. The Tsukiji market in Tokyo is the most amazing one I’ve been to, though unfortunately I don’t have any photos of it. Below [...]
The Best Restaurant in the World
Restaurant Magazine has posted its annual 50 Best Restaurants in the World list. To no one’s surprise, El Bulli was named the best in the world yet again. I plan to try for a 2009 reservation when the books open up in October. If anyone is up for a trip to Spain [...]
Chicago Day Three: Chinatown
After an uninspiring (but free!) morning at the Field Museum (I guess growing up with the Smithsonian in driving distance spoiled me for other museums), my family piled into a cab and my father asked the driver to take us to Chinatown.
The cabbie was taken aback. “I just want to warn you,” [...]
Chicago Day Two: Pancakes and Little India
After an inspiring morning at the Art Institute of Chicago (click here to read what I have to say about the wonderful Edward Hopper show), my sister and I decided to walk through the city up to Second City, where we would meet our parents. Around lunch time we started looking for [...]
Chicago Day One: Pizza and Billy Goats
The food most widely connected with Chicago is probably deep dish pizza, and everyone I spoke to from Chicago recommended Lou Malnati’s for the best deep dish pizza in Chicago. There was a branch of Lou Malnati’s just a few blocks from our hotel, so it was a no-brainer for our first [...]
Edward Hopper and Food
Over the long weekend I met my family in Chicago, and I will be blogging about the food in the days to come. While in Chicago I had the opportunity to visit the fabulous Art Institute, which was having an Edward Hopper exhibit. In addition to “Nighthawks,” his most well-known work (which is [...]
