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Travel: Europe

22 posts

Photo of the Week: Isola San Giorgio (Venice), Italy

  • April 19, 2020
  • Brad A. Johnson
This is Isola San Giorgio, one of the lesser-known islands of Venice, Italy. Claude Monet frequently painted San Giorgio Maggiore, the Palladian church and monastery pictured here at the heart of San Giorgio. From this vantage point and time of day, it was easy to see what he saw.
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Photo of the Week: Ravello, Italy

  • December 14, 2019
  • Brad A. Johnson
This is Ravello, on the Amalfi Coast of Italy. This was taken years ago. I didn't have much time in Ravello. It was a quick two-day stopover after a weeklong visit to Naples...
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Dish of the Week: The Hams in Spain

  • March 16, 2019
  • Brad A. Johnson
I could easily travel through Spain for at least two weeks, maybe three, subsisting on little more than ham and wine. The hams here are incredible...
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Hotel Review: The Nadler Soho, London

  • May 4, 2016
  • Brad A. Johnson
Taxi drivers sometimes have a hard time finding the Nadler Soho because it’s tucked away on a quiet dead-end street in the heart of Soho’s intricate maze of narrow one-way lanes.
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World’s Best Cruise Line for Cuisine

  • May 17, 2015
  • Brad A. Johnson
Food dictates where I travel. I book restaurant reservations before I buy plane tickets. I choose hotels based on their proximity to where I will eat. I also like cruise…
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One Night in Florence, For a Steak

  • June 29, 2014
  • Brad A. Johnson
Buca Lapi steakhouse is the oldest restaurant in Florence, serving since 1880 in this same dank basement since before the Duomo was finished. And for as long as anyone remembers, this has been one of the hardest reservations in Florence.
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Quick Review: Gallery Hotel Art, Florence, Italy

  • June 29, 2014
  • Brad A. Johnson
Overview: The family who built Italy’s Ferragamo shoe empire also owns a cluster of hotels called the Lungarno Collection. They operate several intimate hotels in Florence, all on the same…
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Hotel Review: Rosewood London

  • May 17, 2014
  • Brad A. Johnson
Overview: Opened in October, the 306-room Rosewood London is United States-based Rosewood’s first European hotel, and the luxury hotel group has made quite a splash. The posh, residential-style rooms and living…
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Where to Eat Now: London

  • May 17, 2014
  • Brad A. Johnson
London ranks among the best cities in the world for dining. This isn’t new. London’s restaurant scene shed its formerly embarrassing reputation and stepped into the spotlight more than a…
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A Primer on Lucanian Cuisine

  • May 5, 2014
  • Brad A. Johnson
Although it’s not uncommon to see restaurants advertising “alta cucina,” true haute cuisine has never made it this far, at least not the way we think of fine Italian cuisine…
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There have been too many to list them all, but these are some of my favorite margaritas to-go during this never-ending pandemic. Story in today's @ocregister⁠⠀ 175 10
Modern Italian(ish) cooking in Westminster. Story in today's @ocregister⁠⠀ 113 1
Sticky toffee pudding really is "the best pudding." I could eat this stuff all day long. ⁠⠀ 136 8
This might be the best cassoulet you ever eat, delivered to your door from an old French bistro that no longer exists. Story in tomorrow's OC Register (online now at ocregister.com). Bonus: cheese! 135 8
How it started vs how it's going: The most extraordinary bites of a tumultuous year. ⁠⠀ 177 7
Cocktail of the Year: La Niña at @perla.dtsa⁠⠀ 166 3
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