• A Luxury Guide to Salem in October (Without the Crowds)

    A Luxury Guide to Salem in October (Without the Crowds)

    How to do Salem in October well: when to go, where to stay, where to eat and what to see beyond the crowds, from the Peabody Essex Museum to Ledger.

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  • Cassoulet: The Slow-Cooked Pride of Castelnaudary

    Cassoulet: The Slow-Cooked Pride of Castelnaudary

    White beans, duck confit, pork and garlic sausage baked slowly under a golden crust: the great Sunday dish of the Languedoc.

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  • Apfelstrudel: The Viennese Coffeehouse Classic at Home

    Apfelstrudel: The Viennese Coffeehouse Classic at Home

    Paper-thin pastry wrapped around apples, rum-soaked raisins and buttered breadcrumbs: the Apfelstrudel of the Viennese coffeehouse.

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  • The Best Hotel Afternoon Tea for Fall, from Boston to London

    The Best Hotel Afternoon Tea for Fall, from Boston to London

    Where to book hotel afternoon tea this fall, from Boston Harbor Hotel and Four Seasons One Dalton to The Ritz, Claridge’s and Raffles London at The OWO.

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  • Tajarin: The Golden Pasta of Alba’s White Truffle Season

    Tajarin: The Golden Pasta of Alba’s White Truffle Season

    The yolk-rich ribbon pasta of the Langhe, finished simply in butter with porcini or, in season, a shower of white truffle from Alba.

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  • Ribollita: Tuscany’s Reboiled Bread Soup for the First Cold Night

    Ribollita: Tuscany’s Reboiled Bread Soup for the First Cold Night

    Cannellini beans, cavolo nero and day-old bread simmered into a thick, olive-oil-rich soup: the farmhouse classic of Tuscany.

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  • Long-Weekend Europe from Boston: The Easiest Nonstops for a Fall Escape

    Long-Weekend Europe from Boston: The Easiest Nonstops for a Fall Escape

    The easiest nonstop flights from Boston to Europe this fall and winter, which routes are seasonal and how I’d plan a long weekend in each city.

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  • Pork Normandy: Apples, Cream and Calvados from the Pays d’Auge

    Pork Normandy: Apples, Cream and Calvados from the Pays d’Auge

    Pork chops with golden apples, a flambé of Calvados and a cream sauce: the orchard cooking of Normandy in under 40 minutes.

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  • The Shoulder-Season Riviera: Why Late October in Portofino and Cannes Works

    The Shoulder-Season Riviera: Why Late October in Portofino and Cannes Works

    Why the Riviera in October works: softer light, fewer crowds and calmer towns in Portofino and Cannes, plus which hotels stay open and how to plan a trip.

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