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It’s 1am in Madrid right now. I’ve gotten roughly four hours of sleep over the past 30 hours. On the flip side, I just spent an amazing day in Spain and I want you to experience the trip with me, at least in photo-form. I’ve got a little bit of food, a little bit of…
“Solo extra sopa, por favor.” That’s what I told the cleaning lady at the NH EuroBuilding Hotel in Madrid when she came to turn down the room and asked if I needed anything else. If you speak Spanish, then you already know that I asked her for soup, not soap. She stared at me for…
Hola, amigos! I’ve been practicing my Spanish for the past week (I’d say I’m up to a 3rd or 4th grade level at this point) because I’m heading to Madrid! I can’t wait to check out the newly remodeled NH EuroBuilding Hotel — they’re the generous souls taking me to Spain — and I doubly…
Imagine this: you’re on a plane with wifi returning home from a week away. You know your fridge is empty, but your plane lands at 11:00pm and the thought of going grocery shopping when you land or before work tomorrow makes you want to jump out of the Exit Row. If you could order groceries…
I’m in Vegas for the weekend at BACon along with the majority of other BoardingArea bloggers, so I’ll keep this short as our day of learning starts fairly soon. I came across this article via a friend (thanks, Jon!) and it fits so perfectly into the Fly&Dine canon that I had to tell you about…
The Mondrian is opening a property outside of the US for the first time and London is the lucky recipient. New York powerhouse chef Seamus Mullen is overseeing the whole restaurant program with Aussie toque Luke Rayment serving as his executive chef. “Sea Containers,” named after the historic building the hotel is housed in, won’t…
You like Champagne? You like Paris? Perhaps you should think about combining the two and celebrating the launch of Dom Perignon’s Rosé from 2003. You can do just that at Le Royal Monceau, aka Raffles Paris. Instead of rewriting the press release for you, I’m just going to let you read it for yourself. Check…
You have to be a pretty serious food geek to know who Dario Cecchini is. I first learned of him by reading Bill Buford’s excellent book Heat (Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany) where Buford learns the secrets of butchering and more from…
Theme park food? Not great. Food theme park? Incredible! Or at least that’s what my daydreaming brain has decided. Eataly, the Italian chain of super-super markets (more like sprawling villages of food than your local grocery store) is behind the plan in Bologna, Italy. If you’ve ever been to one of their locations all over…
In terms of food magazines, Saveur is one of the top names in the business. As a subscriber, I get the latest issue as soon as they ship and I was elated to see that March’s “Five To Try” segment was about “Luscious Layovers.” I would have preferred if they consulted Fly&Dine for some help,…
