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Four years ago, David Hawksworth stood across the street from what is now his first namesake restaurant, a 120 seat fine dining establishment serving contemporary Canadian cuisine on prominent Georgia Avenue in downtown Vancouver.
My notion of what a proper hotel lobby should be was formed by the classic 1932 Hollywood potboiler Grand Hotel , which starred just about every major name on the MGM lot—Greta Garbo, both John and Lionel Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery—and the great Lewis Stone, who, as Dr.
Silver Spoon Food Arts presents the December 2011 Silver Spoon Award for sterling performance to Ann Bramson , the editor of extraordinarily beautiful, highly intelligent cookbooks. As publisher of Artisan, the illustrated books division of Workman Publishing in New York City, she produces what would be called coffee-table books if they weren’t so fascinating to read and to cook from.
Two towering white-gloved guards stand proud at the entrance of hotel La Mamounia in Marrakech. Beyond the marble steps rise the massive arcaded doors that have welcomed Sir Winston Churchill, Kirk Douglas, Kate Winslet, and virtually every president, head of state, or celebrity who has ever visited Morocco since the Roaring Twenties.
New York City —Guests of The Surrey , an historic hotel reopened on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in fall 2009, not only have the option of meeting for a cocktail in the bar, but having the hotel bar come to meet them, with in-room cocktail service.
NEW YORK CITY —Fall saw many openings and chef changes. To much fanfare, John DeLucie , whose The Lion draws crowds downtown, opened Crown (24 E. 81st St.), hoping for the same response uptown. He brought in former Gotham Bar and Grill chef Jason Hall to assist him in the kitchen, along with pastry chef Heather Bertinetti and sommelier Jordan Salcito.
Charleston, South Carolina In September, managing partner Steve Palmer and executive chef/partner Jeremiah Bacon of The Indigo Road (the hospitality group that owns Oak Steakhouse and O-Ku ) unveiled The Macintosh at 479 King Street (downstairs from Indigo Road’s The Cocktail Club ).
France Anne de Ravel is the chef at the new Château Les Carrasses , a 19th century wine domain in the Languedoc region of the South of France. The property has been extensively restored and converted to a boutique winery and luxury hotel estate.
