January 2010
9 posts
Kitchentalk
In the first week of February I will be going to Prague for a weekend only to eat at Andrea Accordi’s restaurant ALLEGRO at the Four Seasons Hotel. Andrea is the only cook in eastern Europe who has been awarded with a Michelin star. The special occasion for my visit will be the fact that his mother Teresa will be in town to cook together with her son in the same kitchen. She is famous for her...
Snow & Sun
The best time for the Grand-Hotel Kronenhof in Pontresina is in February when the days are longer and the sun is out almost every day. I always spend the last two weeks of the month at this wonderful hotel which still has the authentic charm of an old grand hotel with a modern twist and comfortable luxury.
I prefer the Spa Suites which are on the ground level with a lovely view over the...
The Red Wheelbarrow
January is not the best time to be in Paris. But while I will spend a few days in the city, I am looking for warm and comfortable places at night after a day of sketching in the Louvre and buying some books at one of my favorite bookstores, The Red Wheelbarrow (13 rue Charles V, 4ième arr., Paris). The bookshop, owned by Penelope Fletcher Le Masson, is to Paris now what was Sylvia Beach’s ...
