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…
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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: 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 Today’s post, fresh from the CD archives of unpublished posts, takes us back to Nairobi, Kenya to dine at Tatu, located within the storied Fairmont The Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi’s Central Business District….
Apres-surf cuisine in Punta Hermosa, Peru
Where and what do Peruvian surfers (and their friends!) eat after long rides down El Pico Alto? Find out here! I consider it the ultimate privilege to have been let into a secret few but the most worldly of surfers or locals know: the gem that is the area surrounding the Pacific seaside town of…
Mole triumphs at Salt Lake City’s Red Iguana
Who knew Salt Lake City was a destination for Mexican food, let alone the complex and elusive molé? The city known as the home of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (AKA Mormonism) and site of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games also happens to have a Mexican restaurant so known for its unique…
The CD Road Trips down California’s Historic El Camino Real
How does The CD road trip? Join us for our first – food filled – drive down the historic El Camino Real (U.S. Highway 101) from San Francisco to Los Angeles. I was born to road trip. At a young age, I stayed alert and curious of my surroundings on our many family road…
That time I ate crocodile at Victoria Falls
There’s nothing like an exotic safari and near-death experience to make one open-minded about food. Travel back with me to the time I ventured to eat crocodile in Southern Africa. Victoria Falls is one of the world’s great natural wonders. The wide Zambezi River thunders majestically along the borders of four countries: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana,…
Il Casaro – A cosmo-Neopolitan newcomer to San Francisco’s Little Italy
San Francisco’s Little Italy might not have the notoriety of New York’s. Within the city, it takes a backseat to SF’s more famous Chinatown. But newcomer Il Casaro is one example that proves it is worthy of the neighborhood monicker. It has added more youthful vibrance to a neighborhood steeped both in tradition and the…
Oktoberfest: De-mystifying the world’s most famous state fair
Munich, Germany’s Oktoberfest is the stuff of legend for most college students and twenty somethings in North America. It is seen as the holy grail of beer festivals, imitated, but never duplicated, every year worldwide. It is that safe, friendly environment for all to sport traditional Bavarian costumes while yelling “Prost!” and singing (or slurring)…
The Culinary Diplomat 