Food and Drink

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3 min read • Oct 5, 2010

To eat and drink in Italy often verges on the sublime, and at any time of year there are markets, shops and restaurants groaning with fresh seasonal…

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2 min read • Oct 1, 2010

Snow, ice, water, rock, sky. The stark surroundings of Antarctica and the enormity of its ice shelves and mountain ranges make for an elemental beauty…

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4 min read • Sep 28, 2010

The central steppe of Patagonia, South America’s southern frontier, sweeps eastwards for thousands of miles from the foot of the Andes Mountains.

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6 min read • Sep 27, 2010

Located just over an hour’s drive out of Melbourne, Victoria's Yarra Valley is a flat, sprawling region peppered with more than 50 wineries, cute-as-pie…

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2 min read • Sep 26, 2010

This is an excerpt from the food and drinks chapter of Lonely Planet's Tokyo guide.

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3 min read • Sep 24, 2010

Just as the climate changes from south to north in New Zealand, so do the local speciality foods of each region. Chefs carefully seek the very best and…

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3 min read • Sep 23, 2010

Lonely Planet's New Zealand guidebook is full of great ways to cover the whole of this surprisingly large country.

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4 min read • Sep 17, 2010

With just a week to spare in Lebanon, that tightly packed powerhouse of Middle Eastern history perched beside the Mediterranean, you can – with the help…

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3 min read • Sep 17, 2010

When it comes to watering holes, like other sybaritic pursuits, the bar is set higher in New York. Whether you're looking for a shady speakeasy, a new…

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4 min read • Sep 15, 2010

While Portland, Oregon may be attracting culture vultures from all over, Portland in Maine happily flies under the art radar, attracting only the savviest…

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2 min read • Sep 8, 2010

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride, Sweden's Malmö has always played Dannii to Copenhagen's Kylie. Yet, in just over a decade, this one-time urban B…

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2 min read • Sep 7, 2010

You know your Egg chair from your S chair, but have more 'cool' than 'kroner'. The bad news: 'Copenhagen' and 'cheap' don't usually share the same…

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4 min read • Sep 6, 2010

It may seem hard to maintain a ritual of cleansing in Phuket, Thailand’s centre of sin and decadence, but once a year it’s easy to join in with the Thais…

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4 min read • Sep 3, 2010

Seoul is transformed every decade by its citizens’ energy and love of the new. Here's how to spend a perfect day in the capital of South Korea.

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3 min read • Aug 27, 2010

They say there are more microbreweries in Colorado than any other US state… or maybe it’s that there are more microbreweries per capita than any other US…

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3 min read • Aug 27, 2010

Reykjavík may seem like a mystifying place, but this two-day itinerary will have you feeling like a hearty local.

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3 min read • Aug 25, 2010

Four or five centuries ago, British food was sensational, featuring a dizzying range of local and imported ingredients and flavours. Then it wasn’t – the…

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3 min read • Aug 24, 2010

Whatever your budget, Dublin can show you a good time.

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4 min read • Aug 22, 2010

Next time you’ve an idle moment – and a willing partner – in the kitchen, try the following experiment: don a blindfold, take a spoonful of jam, and try…

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3 min read • Aug 20, 2010

As summer winds down, state fair season ramps up in the United States. Prepare for an old-fashioned dose of root beer floats, blue-ribbon bunnies, high…

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4 min read • Aug 20, 2010

Nobody does tea better than the Chinese. And nowhere is China's tea culture better represented than in Sichuan province. But there seems to be more…

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2 min read • Aug 19, 2010

When in India during monsoon season, there’s almost nothing to beat a hot rum toddy to warm the very depths of your body and spirit when it’s pouring…