TripAdvisor asked me about my favorites restaurants, hotels, and places to travel, plus my travel suggestions for San Francisco. Here's the interview: VIP Survey: Laura Fraser Author Laura Fraser (photo by Cristina Taccone) What’s your favorite hotel (and … [Read more...]
A quick escape to Sardinia in San Francisco: my favorite restaurant
I'm having the pre-book jitters, in a big way. The thing about writing a memoir is that when you're writing it, alone in your office, you get obsessed with trying to strip things down to an essential emotional truth, more naked than naked. It doesn't matter, because there you … [Read more...]
Gourmet readers want a real gourmet magazine, not junk food.
The Times ran a story today about the demise of Gourmet magazine and how its readers aren’t flocking to Bon Appetit or other cooking magazines as predicted. I'm not surprised that loyal readers, who have followed the magazine and the brand since 1941, aren't switching. Gourmet … [Read more...]
Favorite restaurants in Italy this trip
Ciao, Italia! I left Italy this morning and heard my last “arrivaderci.” I was sad to go, not only because I had a wonderful month doing stories there, I was starting to feel at home in Italy, and my Italian improved over the month, but because I have to leave that glorious … [Read more...]
Gattopardesco: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s villa in Palermo
I am in Palermo, and had a quintessentially Palermo experience today: I went to visit Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi di Lampedusa, who is the adopted son of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896-1957), who wrote The Leopard (“Gattopardo”), published posthumously in 1958. The book, one of … [Read more...]