In Hawaii, poke (PO-kay) is everywhere from gas stations to roadside stands to high-end hotels that charge triple what any sane Hawaiian would rightfully pay for the aquatic delicacy. In Los Angeles, poke is the future and those high-end Hawaiian hotel prices will become the norm here on the mainland — but it doesn’t matter.…
John Oliver has been doing incredible work in the comedy-news game. While I enjoyed his contributions to The Daily Show, he’s really come into his own since the premiere of his HBO show, Last Week Tonight. Every week, Oliver tackles pretty big issues and goes further in-depth than most major news networks. He took on…
I’m not a Spirit flyer. Heck, I barely show spirit in my real life, much less my flying life. In fact, I’ve only taken one round-trip flight on Spirit and it was enough to get me to vow never to take Spirit ever again. While they may sell you on their “no-frills means low costs”…
It’s mid-April? How did that happen? Time keeps marching on and that means we’ll keep flying and dining until we can Fly&Dine no more. These are the stories you may have missed this week. Click. Catch up. Accept the endless slog of time. 6 Surprising Tips to Use Your Tax Refund Check for Travel…
The headline on this New York Times story on April 14th was “This Sandwich Is Worth the Space in Your Carry-On,” but like “Dewey Wins” and “Mission Accomplished,” it’s a flat-out lie. Martha Rose Shulman of the Recipes for Health column uses six paragraphs to extol the virtues of a goat cheese and roasted red pepper…
Got a long-haul international flight on United coming up? If it departs on June 1st or later, your meal experience is about to get a whole lot better. Gone are the days of flight attendants throwing down a single tray with a hot cardboard rectangle and leaving you to figure out if you’re supposed to…
There’s a new Star Wars coming this December and if you’re a big fan, that means you’ll probably need to change your Underoos right about now. That’s because the newest trailer for Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens came out this week and even to your casual sci-fi fan, it’s pretty awesome. To coincide…
Uber is one of the best things to happen to travelers since tiny bottles of liquor. I use it constantly to avoid airport parking fees, hefty cab ride costs, and the indignity of showing up in a giant blue shuttle that took three hours to get to the airport. Figuring out the Uber LAX game…
While the Romans may have worried about the Ides of March for fear of back-stabbings, we Americans have to worry about the Ides of April for an assault of a different kind: the pilfering of our bank accounts by a government agency. Yes, folks, it’s April 15th, which means that it’s Tax Day here in…
Figuring out the perfect amount of salt for a dish is a major skill, but what if it could be boiled down to a simple formula? All of your dishes would be perfectly seasoned all the time. Sound too good to be true? It’s not. Cooking, like most things in life, is both easy and…
Ladies and gentlemen, the future has arrived. Within two years, airlines will have the capability to add robot chefs onto their flights and that means you could be eating robot food that was cooked fresh for you instead of the warmed-up cardboard rectangles that haunt your economy class dreams. Click the play button to get…
While the majority of posts on Fly&Dine are about either flying, dining, or both at the same time, this story veers into a very different direction. If you’re not into tech stories of mystery and intrigue that detail my iCloud nightmare, perhaps you’d prefer to browse here instead? Two weeks ago, I got an email…
My friends, it appears you have messed up in a terrible way. You didn’t read all of Fly&Dine’s posts this week. That’s a sin. Don’t worry, though, because it’s Sunday and I’m here to absolve you in a secular way. Your non-religious penance is to read through all the posts you missed and share with…
One of the joys of Instagram is checking out photos of places and things you’ll never visit or see. I like to think of it as an constantly updated feed of wanderlust. Last night, I saw chef Suzanne Goin (AOC, Tavern, The Larder at Burton Way) post a photo from her trip to Japan and…
