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Ristorante Lido 84, Lake Garda: It's What Dreams Are Made Of [Archives]
There are very few restaurants where I daydream about going back. Lido 84 is one of them. Hell, it may be the only one.
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Trattoria Losanna, Masio restaurant review: “It is like a homecoming.”
Losanna’s cooking tastes like the recipes lie handwritten in a fifty-year-old notebook strapped together by fraying tape and divine intervention. You…
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Consorzio, Turin restaurant review: "Fergus Henderson's doppelgänger is an Italian woman."
Consorzio tastes bold and edifying in modern times, making light work of unsexy, overlooked cuts. The squeamish will still eat well, and eat you should.
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2024's Highlights: Of Eating and Writing In The Year I Never Expected.
2024 tested me in ways I would not expect: as a new father, as a new writer. Here are my fondest moments of 2024.
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The Greatest Dining Spaces
Of views, history and art, you could come here to eat nothing and leave utterly satisfied. These are some of my most memorable dinings rooms.
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My Favourite Restaurants in Piemonte
From Barolo to Gavi, hazelnuts to white truffle, plus the bucolic views buttressed by mountains and sea, Piemonte’s restaurants have it all—but THESE…
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Genussbunker, Italy: Travelling 10 Hours to Eat Cheese from a disused World War II Bunker
Genussbunker’s unique cheese-ageing process inside an abandoned World War II bunker is an artisanal act of faith and patience. The spoils yield…
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Review: Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler
Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler weaves together gastronomy and craftsmanship with an elegance that Italians know so well.
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