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Restaurant Magazine and S. Pellegrino have announced the World’s Fifty Best Restaurants for 2008, a who’s who of the culinary world but are they the best or just the most famous? Did any Academy voting panel consider the simple joy of a neighbourhood restaurant that produces great local food? Probably not, and that is [...]

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Mary Jo at The Seattle Traveler listed her Seattle favorites for us, and it got me yearning for my former home. So, here are my Seattle area favorites.
Favorite special occasion restaurant: Yarrow Bay Grill. Simply the best food, service and view combination we found in Seattle.
Favorite casual restaurant: Serious Pie for Pizza.
Favorite fast [...]

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Every destination offers varied and new dining experiences, some haute cuisine others bizarre local delicacies but all become priceless memories. These five restaurants captured my heart and shaped my palate, and I thoroughly recommend them all to you.
Zur Forelle - Ulm, Germany
The old centre of Ulm offers some of the finest food in Southern [...]

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Has food been an important part of your travel experiences?, asked Beth at This Just In…
Food is often a central theme to our travel plans, and a good restaurant can provide you:
1. Cultural experiences,
2. Opportunities to meet locals or fellow travellers and share travel tips,
3. Entertainment (professional acts or just the locals at play), [...]

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Open any Munich guidebook and you will be encouraged to visit the Hofbrauhaus to experience the beer hall culture but should it be on your top five things to do list?
We headed into the cavernous beer hall, ears assaulted by the noise generated by the hundreds of customers punctuated infrequently by the oompah band [...]

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