http://bethdaddono.com/site Writer Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:41:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   If you're like me - you never go to a tailor for custom made clothes. Which is why it was so fun to get fitted at Thu Thuy, a silk shop in the atmospheric little port town of Hoi An, about midway down Vietnam's meandering coast. Located equidistant ... http://bethdaddono.com/site/2006/11/08/a-perfect-fit-in-vietnam/ Good food without good service can sometimes be tolerated. Good food with abysmal service is a recipe for indigestion.   On a weekend trip to Greenpoint in Brooklyn - a.k.a. Little Poland, a neighborhood where English speakers are a rarity, we had the worst service experience at Damis (931 Manhattan ... http://bethdaddono.com/site/2006/09/19/when-bad-service-overwhelms-good-food/ If you haven't discovered it already - run, (don't walk) to Cafe Roberto, an authentic Italian trattoria located at 2108 South St. (215-545-0793). The charmingly rustic cafe was opened recently by brothers Roberto and Fernando Vincenti, who, along with chef, Isidro "Ciro" Ramos last worked at Radicchio. Clearly a labor ... http://bethdaddono.com/site/2006/09/14/cafe-roberto-brings-medi-flair-to-south-street/ The road seemed to go on forever... climbing up the mountain high above Balsam, North Carolina, just 45 minutes outside of Asheville. At the top, the Galvladi Mountain Inn welcomed us, a beautiful log and stone structure that represents the realized dreams of transplanted Chicagoans Dave Stubbs and Terry Matre, ... http://bethdaddono.com/site/2006/09/11/galvladi-mountain-innon-top-of-the-world/ I was just in Phoenix researching a story for Physician's Travel & Meeting Guide and found Sol y Sombra, a fabulous restaurant that will appeal to fans of chef Jose Garces' restaurant Amada, in my home city of Philadelphia. Turns out the two chefs, Aaron May from Sol y Sombra ... http://bethdaddono.com/site/2006/09/01/valley-of-the-sun/ You haven't tasted peaches until you've eaten South Carolina peaches from the Old 96 District, an area in the north western part of the state that includes Greenwood, Edgefield, Abbeville and Laurens. Peach producers like Titan Farms take great pride in their peach crop - making South Carolina the number ... http://bethdaddono.com/site/2006/09/01/you-havent-tasted-peaches/ Looking for a different way to treat pork tenderloin? I just love this Bon Appetit recipe, which comes from Douglas Rodriguez, the father of Nuevo Latino cuisine in America. He substitutes pork for beef in a traditional Argentine churrasco (grilled steak) recipe. Allow 2-6 hours to marinate, but everything else ... http://bethdaddono.com/site/2006/08/07/9/