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07

May

 

Bar-top seating with front row view of the chefs’ workstation at Bestia

Bar-top seating with front row view of the chefs’ workstation at Bestia

 

Beast it and they will come

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Outdoor dining with ocean views at The Loft at Montage Laguna Beach

Outdoor dining with ocean views at The Loft at Montage Laguna Beach


It sounds silly to say, but The Loft is the perfect place for breakfast, lunch or dinner. With amazing views of the Pacific Ocean during the day and a cozy California Craftsman ambiance in the evening, pick your atmosphere to match your mood. How about a La Vie en Rose cocktail with a flatbread to get things going? Or keep it simple with a shrimp burger? The highlight of The Loft at Montage Resort in Laguna Beach is the cheese program, so you must indulge in a plate selection from the master fromager.

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MB Abram Galleries

on April 25th, 2013
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25

Apr

Live Scottish langoustines with Ibérico ham, saffron and cauliflower crème

Live Scottish langoustines with Ibérico ham, saffron and cauliflower crème


MB Abram Galleries in downtown Los Angeles specializes in tribal art and artefacts, from aboriginal boomerangs and carved figurines to Himalayan masks and Inuit harpoon heads. Currently, the gallery is exclusively offering signed, limited edition prints of food I photographed with a Panasonic Lumix LX5 digital camera at Gilt and The Modern restaurants in New York.


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23

Aug

Fruits and squashes at the Mercado Juarez

Fruits and squashes at the Mercado Juarez


If all the sight-seeing has made you hungry, duck into one of Mexico City’s many markets for a lunch on the run. Mercado Juarez, located on Avenida Chapultepec, is just a few Metro stops from the Palacio de Bellas Artes or the Zocalo, and is one of the best ways to really immerse yourself like a Mexico City local. Choose from any of the numerous stalls where soups, tacos, flautas and other snacks are sold for the equivalent of a few dollars. Be sure to try one of the local juices, made and served fresh, and, if you’d like, grab some fruit to go. Check out the photo gallery of Mercado Juarez below.

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27

Jun

Nutmeg

Nutmeg


On the slopes of the Mauna Kea volcano on Hawaii’s big island lies a 110-acre farm run by the Wailea Agricultural Group. Formerly a sugarcane plantation, it now produces highly offshore merchant account renewable crops like hearts of palm merchant, tropical flowers, bay leaves, nutmeg, durians, lemons, lychees and rambutans. Check out our photo gallery below.

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