Eat + Drink
GourmetFest Is A Social Affair To Feast On
Beat the crowds and delight in a smaller festival that by no means skimps on international fan fare by attending the next GourmetFest in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
Girls That Roam had the pleasure of attending the third annual Relais & Chateaux GourmetFest, a foodies’ feast that definitely dazzles the taste buds, February 25 – 28. This event should set off fireworks in your mouth with food and wines being prepared and served by Michelin rated chefs and sommeliers from Relais & Chateaux properties around the world and some of the California Central Coast to France’s finest wineries.
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Jake’s A Charming Palm Springs Lunch Spot
It’s simply charming. That was the first thought that flashed through my mind when Girls That Roam walked up to Jake’s Palm Springs (664 North Palm Canyon Drive; 760-327-4400; ; JakesPalmSprings.com) in Palm Springs, California, for lunch.
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Top 5 Romantic Wine Getaways
It’s hard not to be romantic in wine country. Vineyards simply give off that aura of love, natural beauty, whispered sweet nothings between the rows of plump burgundy and purple hue of grapes. No matter what time in the day – well ok dawn and dusk are a little bit more magical – wine country is just oozing with love.
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The Party Continues: ABBA Opens New Mama Mia! The Party Restaurant In Stockholm
The 1970s Swedish disco stars just gave fans another reason to head to Stockholm with the opening of their new restaurant, Mama Mia! The Party, January 20.
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A Spanish Surprise—Fine Tapas at Downtown Orlando’s Ceviche
It’s my fourth day in Orlando and I’m starting to understand that there’s more to dining here than theme park hot dogs and chicken fried steak. So far I’ve had excellent new Italian food and mind-blowing Latin-Asian fusion. Now I’m about to have another culinary revelation: Tapas at Ceviche (125 West Church Street, Orlando; 321-281-8140; Ceviche.com/Locations/CevicheOrlando) that’s like a little bit of Barcelona flown into downtown’s happening Church Street Station.
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Putting The Icing On The Cake
Don’t accuse Kimberly Tighe of having a sweet tooth. She doesn’t have one. You might not believe me and for good reason, she’s the executive pastry chef at the Fairmont San Francisco (950 Mason Street; 415-772-5000; Fairmont.com/San-Francisco) on top of Nob Hill in San Francisco, California.
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Napa’s Festival Del Sole Dedicates 2016 Season To Wine Signora Margrit Mondavi
The legendary Margrit Mondavi is cause for celebration which is why the Napa Valley Festival Association is dedicating its Festival del Sole’s 2016 season to the wine signora.
Margrit, 89, the widow of the wine legend Robert Mondavi, is a longtime arts advocate and philanthropist as well as a board member of the festival’s association, according to a news release October 23, 2014 announcing the dedication of the season.
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La Dolce Vita: Eating Well in la Cittá Bella
“Nobody eats in Florence anymore,” sniffs my father’s new friend, an Italian ex-pat now living in San Francisco. “There are no good restaurants in the city.”
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Savor Italy On The New Heart Of Italy Food Tour
Seattle’s food tour mavens, Annie Cheng, chief eating officer of The Table Less Traveled and Angela Shen, founder of Savor Seattle have teamed up and are heading to Italy with the Heart of Italy Food Tour in 2016.
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Frankfurt Airport Toasts To Its 2nd Annual International Wine Fair
OK. Girls That Roam has to love Frankfurt Airport. Why love an airport? They are hosting an international wine fair inside the airport. That’s right. A wine fair right in the middle of the airport.
This is the second year the German airport is hosting its wildly successful International Wine Fair, themed “Destination: Wine,” on November 7 and 8.
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Khyber Pass Dishes Up Rockin’ Afghan Cuisine
When my friend suggested Khyber Pass Kabob Restaurant (7467 Village Parkway, #9; 925-828-6000; KhyberPassKabob.com) and told me that it was a five-star restaurant on a popular review website located in a strip mall in Dublin, California I was definitely on high alert. So was Babes, who shares my feelings about restaurants and strip malls.
Babes however stayed silent and went with it in a highly unusual fashion for her. She even smiled with optimism when we stepped through the doors of Khyber Pass and were clearly in a whole other world.
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Pom Pom Girl: Orlando’s Greatest (and Edgiest) Cheerleader
One day last year, a man in Seattle took delivery of 20 turkey sandwiches. What’s so remarkable about that? Well, they weren’t delivered by a college student in a beat-up car. They came via FedEx overnight delivery. And they weren’t made in the Emerald City. They came from a sandwich shop in Orlando, Florida.
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