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Bizarre garnish, great view at The First Luxury Art Hotel.

All’Oro, Riccardo Di Giacinto and Ramona Anello’s Michelin star restaurant closed its Parioli branch back in December 2012 and opened in the First Luxury Art Hotel shortly thereafter. For months, lunch service at the new All’Oro location near Piazza del Popolo was dedicated to a buffet bruch. Yesterday, at (more…)

I never used to have a problem with public speaking. I owned the stage back in high school when I was in student council (no, I am not ashamed to admit that I peaked in the 1990s). Then again, I used to practice my speeches. I should start doing that again. I just got home from presenting (more…)

Earlier this week, Eater ran my Istanbul Heatmap, a collection of places that are new (or at least have something new about them). If I could have written only about the places I love, no matter how long they have been established, the piece would have gone a little something like this: (more…)

In Italy, the obstacles to creating a small food or beverage business are daunting. The minimum first year investment ranges from €75,000-100,000* for basic equipment, rent, staff, legal advice and other incidentals. Public funds to fuel startups are scarce. Health code requirements and (more…)

Superlatives are highly subjective and, in most cases, proclaiming a place “the best” is arbitrary, or even ridiculous. But when it comes to Adana Oçakbaşı in Kurtuluş, I see no other way to proceed. Go see for yourself. Book well in advance and if you can take the heat, sit near the grill where ciğer (liver) is (more…)