Category Archives: Hotels

Dining at La Grenouillére

After getting a taste of Chef Alex Gauthier’s cooking at last year’s StarChefs ICC (read about it here), I was looking forward to our reservation at his nouveau-French restaurant more than any other on our pilgrimage. Happily, it did not [...]

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A Foodie Family’s Frolic in Florida – Part 2 – Miami

It was about a three and a half hour drive from Orlando to our next destination – Miami Beach. More specifically, we were heading to the luxurious St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort. This segment of the trip would be all [...]

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A Foodie Family’s Frolic in Florida – Part 1 – Orlando

With our youngest son almost in high school and never having visited any of the major theme parks, time was running out for us to fulfill what has become an American rite of passage that our two eldest boys had [...]

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Dining at In de Wulf

Located in the middle of the hilly Belgian countryside, a winter excursion to Chef Kobe Desramaults’ In de Wulf is like finding an oasis in a frozen desert. It’s only accessible by icy, elevated one-lane roads, which leads to trouble [...]

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Culinary Pilgrimages: Part 8 – Parting in Paris

Paris. Need I say more? Perhaps not, but I will. We took a 10AM high speed train to the Gare Lyon and made our way to our final apartment of this trip. The apartment was located in the Marais, a [...]

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Culinary Pilgrimages: Part 7 – Lovely Lyon

Our timing for the drive to the train station was good. With a 12 noon train, we missed the rush hour traffic and made it to Brussels with plenty of time to find the Car Rental return and get our [...]

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Culinary Pilgrimages: Part 6 – A Return to Belgium

Sunday morning was another early start as we had another three hour drive, this time back up into Belgium, east of Brussels, in the small village of Liernu, to have lunch at L’Air du Temps.
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Musings – Where Are The Destination Restaurants of North America?

Three stars reward exceptional cuisine where diners eat extremely well, often superbly. Distinctive dishes are precisely executed, using superlative ingredients. Worth a special journey. – the Michelin Guide
Restaurants don’t need to be difficult to get to to be “worth a [...]

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Culinary Pilgrimages: Part 5 – A Foray Into Northern France

The drive started out easily enough. The night was cold, but it was dry. Fortified with coffee, I was wide awake. As we made our way into the French countryside, there was hardly another vehicle on the road. With powder [...]

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Culinary Pilgrimages: Part 4 – A Day in Belgium

My trip planning left something to be desired. I bought train tickets from Brussels to Lyon before I had fully fleshed out what would be the best route for our culinary adventure. Though there were a number of restaurants I [...]

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