After leading the $1 billion expansion and renovation of the landmark Fontainebleau Miami Beach, the brand’s chairman and CEO, Jeffrey Soffer, is bringing a vertically integrated luxury hotel, gaming, entertainment and meeting destination to the Strip. The 67-story resort boasts 3,644 hotel rooms and suites, 550,000 square feet of ... More

Chef Andrew Carmellini (The Dutch, Locanda Verde and Lafayette, to name a few) has opened a new Italian and French restaurant, Café Carmellini, in NoMad inside the new Fifth Avenue Hotel. Dish highlights include lobster cannelloni, osetra and red snapper meunière, rabbit cacciatore and duck ... More

The U.S. Open’s marquee culinary event, Flavors Of The Open, will return on August 24, 2023. Chefs like Alex Guarnaschelli, Kwame Onwuachi, Masahuru Morimoto, James Kent, Josh Capon, David Burke and Pat LaFrieda, will showcase an extraordinary array of delectable dishes from their restaurants at the ... More

Japan only reopened to post-COVID-19 tourism in October, and it has, quite rapidly, once again become a choice destination for many Americans. In part, that’s because visiting the country is such a multi-dimensional journey. Traveling in Japan is chock full of genuinely extraordinary possibilities, whether that means seeing sakura, ... More

There’s rosé cider (made with red-fleshed apples) and there’s frosé, a slushy frozen rosé. And just in time for summer 2023, Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts has introduced a special rosé sorbet, inspired by Whispering Angel rosé. The dessert was developed by Meredith Hayden, a private chef ... More

Once the sleepy stomping grounds of retirees, college kids, and the uber-famous who’d prefer to remain unnoticed, Santa Barbara has come into its own as a vibrant destination for good food and great wine, on top of ample opportunity for enjoying the outdoors. It’s a quick (and stunning) ride ... More