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WORLD FARE: Haute altitude, haute cuisine at Skadi Restaurant

March 8, 2017 mgardiner

For decades Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort’s owners have aspired to turn the place into an upscale, A-list destination resort like Aspen or Vail. With the mountain’s natural snow catch basin, unparalleled lift system and proximity to Hollywood (as well as San Diego), it always … [Read more...]

Americas, California, Europe, Mountain, Regional American Cuisine, Restaurant Reviews, San Diego CityBeat, The World Fare, Travel, USA Canadian duck breast with Arctic lingonberries, gateau financier with peach sorb, house-smoked trout with horseradish cream and Norwegian gravlax, Ian Algerøen, lemon curd and lemon pistachio biscotti, Mammoth Mountain, meyer lemon panna cotta, pork trio featuring pork belly confit and roast spiced tenderloin with house-made jagerwurst, San Diego CityBeat, Skadi Restaurant, torchon of foie gras with toasted brioche and glögg-poached pear slices, World Fare

TRAVEL: In Search of the Vortex, Beauty and a Good Meal in Sedona

July 5, 2016 mgardiner

It was only 10:30 in the morning and I already had proof there really is such a thing as a stupid question. He was white, middle class and pasty—I could pretty much peg him as a Trump voter—and, pointing at a gorgeous red standstone butte formation, he asked a fellow white, … [Read more...]

Americas, Asia, Mountain, North America, Regional American Cuisine, Thailand, Travel, USA, USA Amethyst, Bell Rock, Brix, Chef Logan Webber, Creekside Restaurant, Crystals, Elote Cafe, Flagstaff, Michael Gardiner, Nancy Gardiner, New Age, Rene at Tlaquepaque, Sedona, Slide Rock State Park, Thai Palace, Vortex, Vortexes

Idyllwild Getaway: Tahquitz Style Beef and White Bean Chili

February 6, 2013 MAG Leave a Comment

Some of the defining images of California include mountains: from the iconic alpine photographs of Ansell Adams to the folklore images of forty-niners lugging golden ore, the Sierras are magnificent and form the backbone and watershed of our state. The mountains of Southern … [Read more...]

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VAIL, COLORADO: Chickpea, Egg and Spinach Salad (Abe’s Eggs)

March 18, 2011 MAG 1 Comment

It is, I suppose, a “good news, bad news” thing.  Good news:  we are in Vail for a week of skiing. Bad news:  after four days of glorious turns at one of the greatest ski areas on the planet, I reinjured my left knee.  Good news:  Nancy is tearing it up on the slopes the … [Read more...]

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