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2. NEW YORK MASTERCLASS 5. SEASONAL IN SEATTLE
Guests staying at W New York have the Cooking with the freshest and best
chance to hone their culinary skills on a seasonal ingredients is the ethos of
gastronomic weekend break. On the the Herbfarm restaurant, voted the
Icon Yum package, they will work with top Destination Restaurant in the
executive chef Michael Wurster to world by National Geographic.
create dishes from ingredients gathered The eaterie, in Woodinville near
at local farmers’ markets, culinary shops Seattle, offers nine-course
and gourmet boutiques. dinners, with most ingred-
Activities include creating a menu ients coming from its own
with the chef, learning cooking tech- kitchen gardens and farm.
niques and a private demonstration, Menus are devised to
plus dinner at the Icon Restaurant. reflect the changing seasons
The package, priced from £143, can and harvests while its wine
be booked for stays between Thursday list features more than 4,000 choices.
and Sunday until the end of the year. Head chef Keith Luce has worked at
www.whotels.com/nyc Michelin three-star restaurants in Italy
and France, and at the White House
3. CULINARY ARTS IN during Bill Clinton’s time as president.
SAN FRANCISCO
www.theherbfarm.com
Few resorts can match the iconic view
from the new Cavallo Point lodge as it 6. NEW ORLEANS: CREOLE
looks across San Francisco Bay to the AND MORE IN THE BIG EASY
Golden Gate Bridge. The property is set Food has always been one of the biggest
within the Golden Gate national park at attractions of a stay in the Big Easy with
the north end of the bridge near its exotic mixture of Cajun and Creole
Sausalito. Food is one of its major dishes. The Southern Food & Beverage
selling points, and the lodge is running Museum (SoFAB) opened in the city’s
a culinary arts programme where guests Riverwalk Marketplace earlier this year
can take part in three or five-day to celebrate the food and drink of the
courses with leading US chefs. Deep South. It celebrates all the
Participants will help to create dishes cultures that have come together
using produce from organic farms, through the centuries to create the
artisan producers and local vineyards. South’s unique culinary heritage. There
www.cavallopoint.com are regular tastings and other events for
the foodie to enjoy throughout the year.
4. CHICAGO’S BUBBLING
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One of the places to be seen in the
Windy City is the reopened Terrace at 7. MIAMI SPICE
Conrad. The design of this fifth-floor The South Florida playground has
restaurant at the Conrad Chicago hotel earned its gastronomic spurs by
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has been inspired by Miami’s chic South developing its own fusion cooking,
Beach, and it offers outdoor dining with known as Floribbean, Tropical Fusion or
a Far Eastern flavour. The Bubble Bar Nuevo Latino. It combines local
serves a range of Taiwanese bubble ingredients and Latin American and
teas, which combine black or green teas Caribbean influences with classic
with fruit juices, ice, pulp and milk. In European techniques. Among the best-
summer, terrace guests can enjoy movie known chefs to have pioneered this
screenings at sunset. Conrad Chicago is style are Mark Militello, Allen Susser,
located downtown and features 311 Doug Rodriguez and Norman Van Aken,
rooms including 33 suites. The Terrace who have come to be known collectively
is open from May to September. as the “Mango Gang”.
www.conradhotels.com www.miamiandbeaches.com
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