Crispy shrimp tacos with a cayenne flour coating, served in warm corn tortillas and topped with fresh peach salsa. Crunchy shrimp, cold sweet salsa, lime and jalapeno.
A raw-salsa pizza from Positano on the Amalfi coast — peel-and-marinate tomatoes, crisp cast-iron crust, and a broiler finish. No pizza stone required.
Orzo cooked in chicken stock with turmeric, tossed with blanched asparagus, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, Dijon mustard, and fresh herbs. Served warm or cold.
A weekend at Prospect Berkshires; 49 cedar cabins, Finnish saunas, a heated saltwater pool, and one of the best restaurants in the region, all just 2.5 hours from NYC or Boston.
A wellness resort in the Arizona desert where joy comes before prescriptive routines. Three days of desert bathing, matcha pancakes, and figuring out what wellness actually means when nobody's telling you what to do.
Walk into Beginner’s Luck, and you might start asking yourself a few things. Who decided potato chips belong on mac and cheese? Why does this taste so familiar, and so different at the same time?
There are beach resorts, and then there are places that make you forget the rest of the world exists. D Maris Bay, tucked into a quiet cove on Turkey's Datça Peninsula, is firmly the latter.
A refined seafood destination inside El Palace Barcelona, Amar blends Catalan and Mediterranean traditions with opulent luxury to deliver one of the city’s many standout dining experiences.
Grilled eggplant and yellow zucchini marinated in coconut aminos, sesame oil, ginger, and garlic. Served with vegetable fried rice. A full plant-based plate.
A crisp of cups rhubarb and two blueberries with sugar, topped with a crumble of flour, oats, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and nuts. Served warm with ice cream.
Corn muffins with rosemary-infused butter, chopped rosemary, blackberries, and cornmeal flour. The rosemary is piney and warm behind the sweet-tart berries and grainy cornmeal.
Fresh strawberries blended with orange juice, strained through a fine mesh sieve, and topped with sparkling water over ice. A five-ingredient summer spritzer.
Strawberry-lime spiced rum Moscow mule with muddled mint, ginger beer, and a squeeze of fresh lime. Deep pink, fizzy, and warm flavors from the spiced rum .
Iced coffee made with espresso ice cubes melting into vanilla and raspberry-flavoured whole milk. Garnished with fresh raspberries. Starts sweet, ends strong.
Raspberry mojito with fresh berries muddled with mint, sugar, lime juice, and white rum, topped with club soda over ice. A spring twist on the classic.
Earl Grey iced tea steeped with dried lavender buds and sweetened with honey. 8 bags, 5-7 minutes, strained, chilled, and served over ice. Doesn't get any more refreshing than that.
Piña colada smoothie with frozen pineapple, frozen banana, flaked coconut, Greek yogurt, and pineapple juice. No added sugar. Cold, thick, balanced, healthy - and very very tasty.
A rustic galette of fresh strawberries in a butter crust made with chopped fresh basil. Sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice in the filling. Baked until golden and bubbling.
Grilled asparagus tossed warm with cherry tomatoes, crumbled feta, red onion, and a dressing of olive oil, lemon juice, and fresh dill. Charred, vibrant, and spring-bright.
Grilled asparagus and thick-sliced haloumi with a simple mustard and olive oil dressing. The cheese grills golden and firm, the asparagus snaps with char.
Chicken cordon bleu is a pounded chicken breast wrapped around ham and Swiss cheese, breaded, and fried or baked until the coating is golden and the cheese inside has melted into a molten pocket. When you cut into one and that cheese spills out? Amazing.
Lomo saltado is Peru's most famous stir-fry, a collision of Chinese wok technique and South American ingredients that came from the Chinese immigrant communities of Lima. Strips of beef sirloin seared screaming-hot with red.
Pancakes made with Greek yoghurt, Meyer lemon juice and zest, and served with raspberry preserves. Tangy, citrusy, and fluffy. Spring breakfast on a plate.
Pide is Turkish flatbread pizza, boat-shaped and stuffed with spiced lamb, tomatoes, and peppers. It is street food in Turkey, and once you taste it you wonder why it's not on every menu.
Flautas are crispy tortilla tubes filled with seasoned chicken and cheese, fried until shattering and golden. They are the crunchiest delivery system for chicken you'll find, and dipping them in guacamole and sour cream is divine.
As pretty as it is delicious, this cake roll is baked flat, rolled in a towel while warm, then filled with strawberry whipped cream and re-rolled. Did we hear a "yum"?
A Moroccan salad of grated carrots, Medjool dates, orange slices, and red onion dressed with olive oil, lemon, orange juice, cumin, cinnamon, and garlic. Sits two hours to develop.
Asparagus pesto made by blending boiled asparagus with toasted pine nuts, lemon zest, garlic, basil, olive oil, and Parmesan. Lighter and more springy than traditional pesto.
The butter board trend needed a next step. This is it. Compound butter tossed with hot pasta melts into a glossy sauce that sticks to every noodle. Incredible.
Pasta e fagioli — pasta and beans — is the Italian peasant soup that proves the best food in the world was invented by people who had almost nothing.
Grilled flank steak on flatbread with goat cheese, fresh blackberries, watercress, and pine nuts. Drizzle with vinaigrette and serve immediately. It looks cool, raises eyebrows and tastes amazing.
Everything that makes General Tso's chicken addictive works just as well on cauliflower. Crispy battered florets tossed in that signature sweet-tangy-spicy glaze.