“Bajra roti… bajra khichdi (porridge)… bajra bread…” We are seated in a circle, at least 10 of us, enjoying an al fresco lunch at the home and farm of Sitaram Zinjurke and his wife Sulabai, in the village of Dhamangaon in India’s western state of Maharashtra. Eight family members spanning four generations live in this
Month: February 2023
The Careem ride-hailing app on a phone outside the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, United Arab Emirate. Christopher Pike | Bloomberg | Getty Images Uber-backed ride hailing service Careem announced on Tuesday an end to its operations in Qatar. The surprise announcement, which went into effect immediately on Feb. 28, comes just months after
All Photos courtesy of Pechanga Resort Casino If you’re a fan of visiting wine country and also love the action of staying at a high-end resort with all the best amenities plus a state-of-the-art Casino, then Pechanga Resort Casino is just the ticket for you. With one of the largest casino floors in the country totaling
The Master of Wine exam is known to be one of the most difficult tests in the world and there are less than 500 people who’ve secured the honor since the program’s inception in 1953. One of those people is Cees van Casteren MW. In 2012, when he earned his Master of Wine (MW) title,
Umbria, Italy Visitors to Umbria’s Piano Grande in spring might also be lucky enough to spot snakes’ head fritillaries. “One of Europe’s finest upland plains, it situated above 4,000ft, ringed by mountains,” says Tim Jepson, our Italy expert. “In late May and early June it is renowned for its extraordinary floral displays: swathes of wild
Arguably the most formal and quintessentially British of any cruise line, Cunard proudly holds its heritage high – even though its founder Samuel Cunard was Canadian and the line is now American-owned. Yet, from the smartly painted black hulls and distinctive red funnels to elegant interiors that include impressively expansive libraries complete with requisite hush,
Shrinkflation is what I call a “food crime” and shoppers are telling me they have had enough. Are you paying attention to the frustration your shoppers are experiencing as food prices continue to challenge budgets? I am and so should you! Our grocery shopping followers on Facebook and YouTube have a lot to say about
Absinthe is having a bit of a renaissance in London at the moment. Despite it being a good hundred years since the spirit’s last major boom, absinthe is popping up on cocktail menus all over the city. But it’s not the first time. A century before the first commercial absinthe distilleries opened elsewhere in the
Some people love travel planning. But I am not one of those people. So the idea that artificial intelligence chatbots, such as ChatGPT and Bing, can research travel destinations and create itineraries is intriguing. But I’m skeptical too. Do recommendations just scratch the surface — for example, suggesting that I see the Eiffel Tower in
A strawberry unlike any other is about to make its debut. Oishii, the brand behind the coveted and sometimes viral Omakase Berry, will be launching its second strawberry, The Koyo Berry, this spring. Known for creating visually perfect, red, always seasonal strawberries in their indoor vertical farms, Oishii’s newest berry is designed to encapsulate refreshing
A sign for hire is posted on the window of a Chipotle restaurant in New York, April 29, 2022. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Job cuts are rising at some of the biggest U.S. companies, but others are still scrambling to hire workers, the result of wild swings in consumer priorities since the Covid pandemic began
The new 13-stop Spacious Skies Campgrounds Spring Bloom Trail highlights the very best of springtime color, as the bloom of wildflowers progresses from the South to the North. The trail, which travels from campground to campground from Tennessee to Maine, encourages springtime travelers to celebrate the explosion of spring wildflower color with ideas for where
You survived Dry January, winter squalls, the bomb cyclone, Nor’easters and lake-effect snowfalls—congratulations! But, it ain’t over yet, so you might as well hunker down with a little comfort. When a mulled wine or a hot toddy won’t do, here are a few winter-y cocktails to get you through the last days of meteorological winter
CNN — It isn’t every day that you spot a motorcyclist riding along the road with a German shepherd dog on the back of their bike. So it’s not surprising that the sight of content creator Jess Stone and her beloved dog Moxie cruising along together usually has onlookers doing double takes. “Every car that
The World Whiskies Awards has an unfortunately clunky title. Blame it on the fact that the primary regions of production can never agree on how the liquid is spelled in its singular form. So just make it plural and problem solved, I guess. At any rate, the annual competition’s purpose and methodology is quite straightforward
Most people have a travel bucket list, perhaps with 10 to 15 countries. For this couple, it’s all 195 — and they’re more than halfway there. Hudson and Emily Crider have visited 112 countries, but their journey together began long before that. Both are from the “same small town” of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They met in
The new 13-stop Spacious Skies Campgrounds Spring Bloom Trail highlights the very best of springtime color, as the bloom of wildflowers progresses from the South to the North. The trail, which travels from campground to campground from Tennessee to Maine, encourages springtime travelers to celebrate the explosion of spring wildflower color with ideas for where
Date night at Shake Shack (SHAK) is getting a bit classier. As an addition to the newly launched white truffle menu, which includes a white truffle burger and white truffle fries, the quick service restaurant is trying a new business model: Sit down service. From February 27 through March 2, participating Shake Shack locations will
No longer maligned, Chardonnay is making a comeback. Not that it ever left for some of us. One of the first toys I bought for my Golden Retriever puppy was a plush wine bottle bearing a label, “Ruff Day Chardonnay.” I could relate to the sentiment. Chardonnay is one of my go-to wines, not only
Credit card providers are benefitting from post-pandemic travel and increasing card usage in general, with balances way up in recent months. Valentinrussanov | E+ | Getty Images Financial stocks were so out of favor for most of 2022 that perhaps their tickers should have been appended with a Nathaniel Hawthorne-esque “U” — for “unloved.” Yet
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