America’s Table is taking it on the road for the month of August. Please follow our travels and food finds on Instagram as we hit the beach and the mountains with the whole furry family.
Have you ever planned a vacation to avoid the weather at home? After too many broiling summers in Washington, we made a point of choosing a vacation spot that would be cold – even chilly. Rain would be ok too. So we went to Scotland, where it turned out they were having a record heat wave. Sunny and hot every day. It was spectacular; the people and the sights were so energizing that we could hardly mind those 80-degree days. […]
We’ve been visiting our favorite places in London recently and wanted to share some of them with you. If you’ve been reading AT for a while you know I’ve been a big fan of Petersham Nursery for years, a nursery/restaurant/antique shop just outside London. What heaven – all of my favorite things in one place! They’ve now opened a store in Covent Garden – and two restaurants. It’s all wonderful, but my heart belongs to the original location in Richmond, […]
You would expect Malibu Farm to be a cool, rustic, and cutting edge place to eat, and it is (they have a great cookbook!): it’s both picturesque, with the old men fishing over the side of the pier and the sound of the waves, and delicious – the coconut milk quinoa oatmeal has become a regular in our kitchen. Malibu shopping is for those of a high artistic aesthetic, with places like RRL, a Ralph Lauren vintage store with a […]
There are websites and magazines devoted to the LA food scene, and I couldn’t possibly begin to do justice to the scope and variety of food available in LA now. From Son of a Gun, a cozy little seafood place with the most amazing fried chicken sandwich, to Hinoki & the Bird, a combination of the best cuisines of many cultures combined to raise the level of eating to new, ecstatic heights – there’s always something amazing going on. Pistola […]
