Husser, Brasserie le Corum: Montpellier, France
Montpellier’s cultural spinal column commences with the Opéra Comédie on the Place de la Comédie and then traverses along the Esplanade (home to Musée Fabre), all the way to the Corum, the 1988 pink marble building where the second of Montpellier’s two…
Ristorante Pizzeria Sicilia: Montpellier, France
For more than thirty years, at the base of rue Pila St. Gely, Ristorante Pizzeria Sicilia has been serving what might well be the best Sicilian pizza in the South of France. Located at the base of rue Pila St. Gely, a medieval street with a number of…
Keisuke Matsushima: Nice, France
Soon after its opening in 2002, the 22-seat Kei’s Passion became one of the most popular Michelin-starred restaurants with some of the most innovative cuisine in Nice, thanks to the wunderkind chef, Keisuke Matsushima. Building upon his training at…
J’Go Restaurant: Toulouse, France
As you approach J’Go on the Place Victor Hugo, right next door to the Victor Hugo market, you’re bound to see an animated crowd on the sidewalk, enjoying wine and beer at tables on the sidewalk. No matter how tempted you are to join them, walk into the…
Hiltl Restaurant: Zurich, Switzerland
With a name like Ambrosius, it might have been expected that Ambrosius Hiltl would become a restaurateur – but who could have imagined that he would open what has become the oldest vegetarian restaurant in all of Europe. As his grandson, Heinz…
A Brugal Summer
Some years ago, in the middle of what seemed a brutal winter, we booked ourselves a week at a resort in Puerto Plata, where we rented a motor scooter – and promptly crashed along a dirt road, much to the amusement of the locals. Fortunately, there…
Devi: New York’s Michelin Indian Star
Good things come to those who wait. That’s the lesson of Carmenere. By now, nearly every oenophile worth his/her nose knows that Carmenere is the Chilean wine industry’s signature grape. The most indigo of all grapes, Carmenere disappeared from European…
Acqua Osteria: Basel, Switzerland
Perhaps on an afternoon when you’ve found yourself at the Basel Zoo, you might wander past a converted waterworks, only to realize that this former pumping station is now an Italian osteria with garden. Local nighthawks could’ve told you that Acqua…