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Farm-To-Table Eating

“Farm to Table” seems to take the local/organic food concept to the next level.  Interesting how it’s mixed in with B&B accommodations in

Amplify’d from travel.nytimes.com
EACH morning, as the breakfast dishes are cleared, Nick Melvin escapes the kitchen at the Inn at Serenbe, where he is the executive chef, and drives five minutes down a country road to a sumptuous 25-acre organic farm. There he examines the collards and the mache, the sunchoke and the carrots, and decides what looks best for that night’s table and next week’s menu at the Farmhouse, Serenbe’s acclaimed restaurant.
FARM-TO-TABLE EATINGRead more at travel.nytimes.com
 

Stay: Another New York Hotel

I’m not really sure what my fascination is with New York hotels.  Of all the places on the planet, NYC is where I stand the greatest chance of finding a friendly couch to crash on, especially last-minute.  (Even more so than DC, oddly enough.)

I must secretly harbor a desire to be a hotelier, because I’m fascinated by the hotel concepts brewing in NYC.  Here’s another example.

Amplify’d from travel.nytimes.com
The fourth link in Vikram Chatwal’s growing chain of New York hotels (two more properties are in the works) is a 208-room hotel called Stay. The name is meant as a one-word declarative sentence, and the brand’s marketing department has come up with an endless list of reasons why one should do just that. But doing so in a standard room means trading spacious accommodations for state-of-the-art technology.
As a former downtown Manhattanite who used to wonder why anyone would stay near Times Square, I now stand corrected. A jam-packed schedule of business meetings, museum visits and holiday lunches, drinks and dinners all around the city was a breeze with the hotel’s easy access to multiple subway lines. About half of Manhattan is a 20-minute walk away.
The prerecession standard rate was meant to be $565, but standard doubles are now listed at $229, though even better deals can sometimes be had. (Recently, the hotel’s Web site was offering rooms for weekend stays starting at $149.) Read more at travel.nytimes.com