Devouring Asheville: The Biggest Little Culinary Capital

September 10, 2015

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Location: Asheville, North Carolina

For those who’ll travel far and wide for a fine meal, a map of the American south reads like a pilgrimage path as worthy as the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. And while cities like Atlanta, Charleston, Savannah and New Orleans are the waypoints for the culinary revelation for which the south has become known, one of the most rewarding stops involved a detour into the hinterlands of North Carolina. With a craft brewery scene to rival anything in the Pacific Northwest, a thriving community of artisan cheese makers and a devoted locavore mentality with…

February 23, 2015

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High-design Hut in Norway

Published: Departures International Magazine

Location: Norway

Communal kitchens and bathrooms aside, there’s much to love about a striking new backcountry hut that opened in August in Northern Norway, just 60km shy of the Arctic Circle. Set steps from the Ostkindbreen Glacier (the eighth largest glacier on the Norwegian mainland) in Hemnes, Rabothytta was named after French Geologist Charles Rabot, but is distinctly Scandinavian in design.

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April 12, 2013

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Niklas Ekstedt: Cooking with Fire

Location: Stockholm, Sweden, Scandinavia

Published: Departures

Shortly before he was awarded his first Michelin star for his innovative Stockholm restaurant, Ekstedt – where everything is cooked the old school Scandinavian way, in cast iron on an open fire – I sat down for fika and a chat with Niklas Ekstedt. To call this Swedish chef charming is an understatement. I could have listened to him talk food, fishing in the archipelago, Finnish sauna culture and travel all day.

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March 5, 2013

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Norwegian Nights: In Oslo, The Thief

Location: Oslo, Norway

Published: Departures

A floating hotel. An art enclave. The January 2013 opening of The Thief on a piece of land reclaimed from the water on the island of Tjuvholmen, Oslo’s urban renewal hotspot, was exciting news for both the capital and the country.

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