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Best Restaurants in Columbia, Missouri

Danene Beedle is the perfect person to suggest where to eat in Columbia, Missouri. As the marketing director for the Missouri Wine and Grape Board, Danene is a wine connoisseur. As an avid foodie and accomplished cook, she sports a highly developed appreciation of fine food. Her job description includes traveling through Missouri, co-coordinating food […]

Posted 06 August 2012 † Susan Manlin Katzman § COLUMBIA § MISSOURI ‡ Comments Off on Best Restaurants in Columbia, Missouri °

Cocktail Recipe from Gulf Shores, Alabama

I’m most impressed by the color palette and how The Hangout’s signature cocktail, the Surf’s Up, matches the restaurant’s aqua, orange and yellow menus. No accident here. The coordination is highly calculated. Then, again, so is everything about the property. Location right on the beach, indoor/outdoor seating, kid’s activities, DJs who badger the tourists into […]

Posted 26 July 2012 † Susan Manlin Katzman § COCKTAILS § RECIPES § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off on Cocktail Recipe from Gulf Shores, Alabama °

BIKINI BOOT CAMP AND GRILLED FISH SALAD

According to recent research (conducted by myself and certainly not with any facts attached), The Riviera Maya, along Mexico’s Caribbean coast, hosts more spas than any other similar-sized area on the planet. Riviera Maya spas run the gamut from five-star palaces of perfection, where attentive staff oil and spoil tony clients in settings both serene […]

Posted 06 July 2012 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ACCOMMODATIONS § DIETS § ENTREES § MEXICO § RECIPES § RESORTS § RIVIERA MAYA § SALADS § SPAS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off on BIKINI BOOT CAMP AND GRILLED FISH SALAD ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

RIVIERA MAYA: TWO GREAT RESORTS/ONE GREAT RECIPE

Time to confess. I’m promiscuous. I sleep around. Sometimes I practice a sort of serial monogamy, seduced by the pleasure of one. On the other hand, I believe “the more the merrier” and “variety is the spice of life,” so have been known to jump into a different bed each night. That’s not to say […]

Posted 15 June 2012 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ACCOMMODATIONS § BREAKFAST § BRUNCH § MEXICO § RECIPES § RESORTS § RIVIERA MAYA § SIDE DISHES § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off on RIVIERA MAYA: TWO GREAT RESORTS/ONE GREAT RECIPE °

CUPCAKES AND MORE

I know. I know. Cupcakes are all the rage, and this restaurant specializes in them. And, yes, they are luscious. Yet when I visited Daisy Café and Cupcakery in Madison, Wisconsin, other items claimed a larger place in my heart. Many cafes can take good cake, top it with rich butter cream and win wows, […]

Posted 06 June 2012 † Susan Manlin Katzman § MADISON § RECIPES § SALADS § SIDE DISHES § TRAVEL § WISCONSIN ‡ Comments Off on CUPCAKES AND MORE ° Tagged: , ,

WHERE TO EAT IN TEL AVIV

Chef Yair Feinberg has fingers in many pots that create the culinary stew of today’s Tel Aviv. The Israeli native of Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha is not only a chef who has cooked in Michelin-decorated restaurants in France and Italy, but also an entrepreneur who created a business importing cooking appliances to Israel, a culinary celebrity known […]

Posted 11 April 2012 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ISRAEL § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off on WHERE TO EAT IN TEL AVIV ° Tagged:

Fredericksburg Part Two

Oops, my last post mentioned good things tourists find in Fredericksburg (a terrific museum, interesting National and State parks; super shopping, a thriving wine industry), but I didn’t mention the art scene. This Texas Hill Country community positively overflows with art galleries, showcasing and selling a eclectic mixture of visuals, including sculpture, glass and all […]

Posted 14 March 2012 † Susan Manlin Katzman § APPETIZERS § COOKIES § RECIPES § TEXAS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off on Fredericksburg Part Two ° Tagged: , ,

WHERE TO EAT IN FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS

So what can I tell you about Fredericksburg deep in the heart of Texas? I could tell you that the town has an extraordinary museum: The National Museum of the Pacific War; and a fantastic Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, showcasing the LBJ Ranch;     and good shopping;       and a […]

Posted 27 February 2012 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ACCOMMODATIONS § TEXAS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off on WHERE TO EAT IN FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS ° Tagged: , ,

Gooey Butter Cookies, The Blue Owl and Kimmswick, MO

Kimmswick, Missouri, counts 97 official residents and two main attractions: the Anheuser Museum & Estate—the ancestral home of a relative of the founder of the Anheuser-Busch Brewery, and the Windsor Harbor Road Bridge—a 60- (or thereabouts) foot long pedestrian bridge thought to be one of the oldest wrought iron spans in Missouri. Add a handful […]

Posted 17 February 2012 † Susan Manlin Katzman § BREAKFAST § COOKIES § DESSERTS § MISSOURI § RECIPES ‡ Comments Off on Gooey Butter Cookies, The Blue Owl and Kimmswick, MO °

TEN REASONS TO LOVE TAOS, NEW MEXICO

Let’s be frank. Some visitors just don’t get Taos. Others fall in love at first sight. Taos is strange that way. The town speaks a different language to different people. Always has. Probably always will. I’m in the love-it category. Why? Let me count the ways: 1. TAOS PUEBLO Both a National Historic Landmark and […]

Posted 13 February 2012 † Susan Manlin Katzman § APPETIZERS § NEW MEXICO § RECIPES § RESORTS ‡ Comments Off on TEN REASONS TO LOVE TAOS, NEW MEXICO °