The Mountain Room is located in the Yosemite Lodge at the national park and boasts striking views of the 2,424 foot high Yosemite Falls. The menu features steaks, seafood and pastas. The chef’s specialties include local, organic & seasonal preparations including fish and seafood. I enjoyed a steak with rainbow-colored cauliflower, demi-glace and...

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Most times when I travel, I plot out the very best restaurants I can find along the way. Sometimes, though, the best finds are the unexpected ones. That happens to be the case with Yummy Thai in Merced, California, which I stumbled upon while searching out a quick lunch spot. Yummy Thai serves...

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The Waterboy is a neighborhood restaurant in Midtown Sacramento that has been cooking delicious food and providing great service since 1996. They feature a seasonal menu, inspired primarily by the beautiful cuisines of northern Italy and southern France. In addition, they offer a diverse wine list and a full bar featuring artisanal cocktails...

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Here's my latest column for the Charleston Gazette-Mai: In Appalachia, spring doesn’t just arrive—it creeps in slowly, teasing warm days before pulling back with a late frost. The mountains drop signals of spring: the first daffodils in fields, birds chirping in the morning and forsythia exploding in golden fire along fencerows. But the...

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Grand Central Market is Los Angeles' largest and oldest public market. There are a number of vendors, but the ones I visited were: Fat + Flour, La Huerta Candy, McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams, Sarita’s Pupuseria and The Donut Man. "When the doors first opened in October 1917, the "Wonder Market," as it was...

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