February 2006

Features

• Personal Hotel Shopper

  Like a personal shopper, Lulu Townsend, founder of Chic Retreats, cuts through the clutter to help travelers find hotels with real style.

• Robuchon Headlines in Las Vegas

  How will superchef Joël Robuchon's subtle, refined cuisine play in a city that favors the outlandish and over-the-top? F&W's Jane Sigal checks out his ambitious new restaurant and predicts a smash success.

• In Praise of White: Bread, Pasta, Rice and Potatoes

  High-protein diets are so 2003. The eight extraordinary recipes here celebrate the comeback of carbs—creamy pasta, crusty bread, fragrant rice and potatoes that are marvelously crisp or silky smooth.

• Journey to Djerba: Tunisian Chef Abderrazak Haouari

  Chef Abderrazak Haouari left a career at two-star French restaurants to return home to Tunisia. Writer Paula Wolfert extols his massive talent.

• Dispatch From a Trusted Correspondent On the Road: Istanbul

  From: Anya von Bremzen
  Subject: Istanbul

• Fast Track: Gabriel Frasca

  Boston chef-on-the-rise Gabriel Frasca of Spire.

• Fluffy, Buttery Cinnamon Rolls

• A Four-Star Chef in a Movie Star's Brazil

  The remote Brazilian beach town of Trancoso may be the world's sexiest and most exclusive vacation spot (just ask Gisele Bündchen and Matt Dillon). Eric Ripert trades his chef's whites for a sarong to learn about the lusty local cuisine.

• Wine Geeks' Dot-Com Dinners

  Wine fanatics are using the Web to arrange tastings with other obsessives. Internet addict Lettie Teague investigates the world of the "offline."

• Winemakers On Board: Oregon Pinot Noir and Snowboarding

  For Oregon's snowboarding-obsessed winemakers, Pinot Noir and powder are a perfect match. After a day on the slopes, they pour their best bottles at a fabulous meal in a hut high up on Mount Hood.

• Taste Test: Coffee

  The first five roasters appear in the March issue of F&W. The rest are web-exclusive picks.

• Travel: Hot Winter Destinations