The Culinary Diplomat has featured plenty of restaurant discoveries from our travels, but it’s nice also to share the joys of discovering new places in your own backyard. While having favorite local restaurants to call “home” has no equivalent, it’s also wonderful to discover new arrivals to the restaurant scene in familiar places. This week,…
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How to cook a wolf? Seattle may have the answer
How do you cook a wolf? One Seattle restaurant may not answer that question for you, but it is likely to convince you that if anyone could cook a wolf, it would be Ethan Stowell Restaurants group’s two Seattle jewels. Around the Christmas holidays, I had the rare pleasure of a sisters’ night out with…
COVID Throwback Thursdays: Vermont’s Trail Break Taps and Tacos
Inventive tacos, killer burritos, grilled watermelon, and craft beer – what’s not to love? For this week’s CD, make sure to bring your appetite for a memorable Vermont spin on Mexican food – and, because this is New England, plenty of interesting beer – at White River Junction’s Trail Break Taps and Tacos. At…
Throwback Thursdays: Dining in the dark at Montreal’s ONoir
We’re back with another #throwbackthursday post bringing us back to the days of easy cross-border travel. Today, I recount an exciting culinary experience at Montreal’s ONoir, which forces you to experience the joy of a great meal – but without using one’s sense of sight. It was a meaningful experience that reminded me that our…
Throwback Thursdays: Lodging and Dining at the real-life ‘Hotel Rwanda’
Join us for another installment of ‘Throwback Thursdays,’ where we travel around the world to share cuisine and culture from some of our most interesting trips. Today, we head over to Kigali, Rwanda, where I found myself an overnight guest at the Hotel des Mille Collines, the same hotel that was the subject of the…
Throwback Thursdays: Nairobi’s Tatu makes hotel dining a special occasion
Join us for another throwback Thursday escape from COVID-19 isolation to a bygone era of business travel (wow, I’m saying that already!). Today’s post, fresh from the CD archives of unpublished posts, takes us back to Nairobi, Kenya to dine at Tatu, located within the storied Fairmont The Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi’s Central Business District….
A’Trego: Provencal chic meets modern nautical in Monaco’s neighborhood
This post is dedicated to those of you staying safe by isolating at home in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fresh from the CD archives of unpublished posts comes a escapist visit to the romantic Provencal coast of France and Monaco. Which, by the way, is not so romantic when you’re brought there for…
Karma Modern Indian: Edible Art with South Asian flare
It’s definitely nowhere near your average Indian restaurant. Washington, DC’s Karma Modern Indian is one of DC’s newest fine dining establishments, which just happens to emphasize the flavors of India and South Asia as it plates craveable, edible works of art. It somehow manages to pull off an understated opulence that shatters expectation. OK, so…
The Willows: When a cheeseburger alone just isn’t enough
Yes, your eyes didn’t deceive you. That featured photo was neither your standard grilled cheese, nor your standard cheeseburger. It is an insane, lusty menage a trois wherein two textbook American grilled cheese sandwiches surround, yet manage not to completely overwhelm, a meaty cheeseburger. Yes, what I’m describing is food porn and nearly almost is…
The Indecisive Foodie’s guide to Vancouver, BC
What’s an indecisive foodie to do when visiting a new city? Happy hour hop! Follow me on a romp through some of Vancouver’s best happy hour spots, where locals, business travelers, and tourists alike can sample some of Vancouver’s great dishes, cocktails, beers, and wine – all while sticking to a budget. My first trip…
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