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Restaurant review, enjoying every bite from dive to five star restaurants to give you the dish.

The Sideways Shuffle with a side of Chargrilled Halloumi and a mocha at Cuckoo Callaway

Cuckoo Callay Serves Up A Creative And Delicious Breakfast

Needless to say, being caffeinated in Sydney is a good thing. Excellent coffee is one of the things the city prides itself on, so much so, Starbucks is difficult to find because locals simply don’t frequent the American coffee chain. That’s how good the coffee is with fast service and food only increases the experience.

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Anthony Bourdain Dania Nassief Danya Alhamrani

Women Mourn The Man: Anthony Bourdain

The Women Who Graced Anthony Bourdain’s Presence To Those Closest To Him Remember The Revered Celebrity World Traveler Who Brought Venturing Down Unfamiliar Paths And Eating Foreign Foods Into The World’s Livingrooms by Heather Cassell It was the first story on my roommate’s and my phones’ newsfeed Friday morning. My first thought was, this is […]

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Mjolner Eathouse, Sydney

Thor Was A Warrior, Not A Chef

Mjolner Eathouse Takes Diners Back To Viking Times And The Fare Follows by Heather Cassell The group of women at the table next to me were having a good time. They were holding their miniature wine glasses filled with honey mead cheering, “Skol!” and tossed back their heads as they swallowed their initiation shot of […]

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Hacienda Sydney

Relax In Style With A View Of The Sydney Harbor

The open deck and wide glass balcony allow for a panoramic view to take in the Sydney Harbor Bridge and the activity of the ferries and cruise ships on the water. If you sit in the lounge chairs closest to the glass railing you will even be able to fit in a slight view of the Sydney Opera House into your frame of vision as you sip on your Havana-inspired cocktail or glass wine from a selection of Australian or Latin vineyards.

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Guests at Blue Box Cafe at Tiffany and Co.

Holly Golightly Can Finally Have Breakfast At Tiffany’s

You will feel like the jewel inside the Blue Box Café at Tiffany and Co., the luxury jeweler’s new restaurant at its iconic store in New York.

Just like that amazing proposal you dreamed of and waited for or are dreaming of. The wait is worth it for Tiffany’s new café that opened November 10.

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Inside the Firehouse No. 1 Gastropub in San Jose, California’s happening strip San Pedro Square. (Photo: Courtesy of Total Happy Hour)

Oh The Audacity! Date Night That Will Make Both Of You Happy In San Jose

On our weekly date night, I dared to venture out and suggest something new. Babes was up for it. We hadn’t explored San Pedro Square in San Jose, California beyond the San Pedro Square Market, so, I made a reservation at the Firehouse No. 1 Gastropub (69 North San Pedro Street, 408-287-6969, , firehouse1.com).

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Michele Muller, Berlin’s first and only executive chef at a luxury 5-star hotel chef, will take over as chef de cuisine at the Adlon Kempinski Hotel. (Photo: Courtesy of PRLeap)

Berlin Gets First-Ever Luxury Female Executive Chef

The Adlon Kempinski Hotel appointed Michele Muller chef de cuisine at Restaurant Quarré, making her Berlin’s first and only top chef at a 5-star hotel.

Representatives of the Adlon Kempinski Hotel announced Michele’s appointment in a news release September 28.

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Diners enjoy the unique California-centric cuisine at The Lexington House in Los Gatos, California. (Photo: Courtesy of Peninsula Eats)

Sensational California Experience At Lexington House

Modern Northern California cuisine meets classic inspired cocktails in a welcoming atmosphere at The Lexington House (40 North Santa Cruz Avenue, 408-354-1600, thelexlg.com) in Los Gatos, California.

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Diners enjoy a balmy Tel Aviv evening over good food and conversation at Joz ve Los in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo: Super G)

Joz Ve Loz’s Chef Serves Up Crave-Worthy Delights

Hot, Joz ve Loz is, but I wouldn’t expect anything less from the women behind this destination restaurant, especially in its new location. The restaurant moved to the Florentin, an artsy and edgy emerging neighborhood in the southern part of Tel Aviv, March 2015.

It is well worth the adventure journeying away from the action of Tel Aviv’s fashionable northern neighborhoods to dine at Joz ve Loz.

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Del Sur Mexican Cantina’s enchiladas (Photo: Courtesy of Del Sur Mexican Cantina)

Mexican Soul Food A Hit In San Diego’s South Park

Life has been good for restauranteurs Lauren Passero and Kate Grimes in San Diego’s South Park neighborhood.

The duo has created a series of neighborhood restaurants that have become a destination for locals and visitors.

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Medicine Creek Tasting (Photo: Courtesy of Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater Visitor & Convention Bureau)

Visitors To Olympia Can Now Create Their Own Tasting Tour Of The Region

There’s more to Washington than Seattle and Walla Walla, there’s Olympia. Birthplace of the Riot Grrrls of the 1990s, Washington’s capital city poised at the southern end of Puget Sound on Budd Inlet is celebrating its roots that have little to do with indie girl punk rock music.

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Rica Sunga-Kwan scoops up Chai Chocolate Cardamom at Churn Urban Creamery’s pop-up ice cream cart. (Photo: Heather Cassell)

For The Love Of Ice Cream! Churn Urban Creamery Scoops Up A Healthy Summer Treat

Ice cream is always called for in the summer. Who can forget the delight of licking the creamy goodness of your flavor or flavors of choice while holding it all in a crunchy graham cracker cone as fast as you can before it begins to drip onto your hand as a kid or an adult?

I mean, there’s a reason why ice cream is everyone’s favorite treat. It certainly is Rica Sunga-Kwan, 31, owner and ice cream maker of Churn Urban Creamery, a boutique pop-up ice cream cart that has been appearing around San Francisco and San Mateo since April, favorite food.

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