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Travel: India

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Cocktail Recipe: Jasmine Sour Martini from Taj Falaknuma Palace

  • April 11, 2020
  • Brad A. Johnson
photo by Brad A. Johnson
If you've got a jasmine bush in your yard (and the jasmine is blooming throughout Los Angeles at the moment), or if perhaps your neighbor has one... Make this drink! This...
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Photo of the Week: Hyderabad, India

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Quick Look: Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai

  • April 10, 2019
  • Brad A. Johnson
The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai is one of the world’s true grande dames, a turn-of-the-century palace overlooking the iconic Gateway of India in Apollo Bunder. Here's a quick look at this legendary hotel, which is now the subject of a new film called Hotel Mumbai.
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Hotel Review: Taj Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad, India

  • January 18, 2017
  • Brad A. Johnson
On the outskirts of modern, high-tech Hyderabad, on a hilltop in the heart of the Old City, one of India's finest historic palaces recently opened as a luxury hotel...
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Trout Fishing (and Yearning for Peace) in Kashmir

  • August 28, 2016
  • Brad A. Johnson
Death returned to Kashmir this month. A fresh wave of violence erupted after a teenage rebel — a local celebrity on social media — was killed in a shootout with police.…
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Photo of the week: Mumbai

  • May 24, 2016
  • Brad A. Johnson
The Gateway of India is one of Mumbai's most iconic landmarks, and I had the most incredible view of the arch from the balcony of my room at the legendary Taj Mahal Palace Hotel...
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Rebirth of Luxury Train Travel: 4 Amazing Journeys

  • January 23, 2012
  • Brad A. Johnson
Eastern & Orient Express (Brad A. Johnson)The best way to experience the true soul of a place is to arrive by train. I???m reminded of this after spending several days aboard the Eastern & Oriental Express and disembarking my posh Pullman car at the...
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Jungle Book: The Search for Bengal Tigers in Ranthambore, India

  • September 25, 2011
  • Brad A. Johnson
An elusive Bengal tiger in Ranthambore ???He???s watching us,??? says the guide, leaning out of our idling Jeep and pointing to the soft-dirt road in the jungle that we???ve been traversing. Monkeys screech overhead, swinging from the Banyan trees. ???He???s ...
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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⠀ 177 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. ⁠⠀ 138 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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