Travel

PRACTICAL TRAVELER

Pack a Picnic for Your Next Flight

By MICHELLE HIGGINS

Secrets from chefs on how to eat well on planes.

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FRUGAL TRAVELER BLOG

Croatia: Take Your Parents to Work Week

By SETH KUGEL

The Frugal Traveler hits the Dalmatian Coast with his mom and dad, the Frugal Parents.

Multimedia

SLIDE SHOW: Why We Travel

“For me, this picture represents what Paris is all about; love, art and joie de vivre.”

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INTERACTIVE FEATURE: Why We Travel: Readers’ Photos 2010

We asked readers to submit their best travel photos and share the back story. Here is a curated selection of the images.

INTERACTIVE FEATURE: A Directory of Rare Wonders

A regional guide of endangered species.

BUSINESS TRAVEL

A Return to Spending and the Front Rows

The years of trimming costs have given way to a rebound in travel as the economy picks up. This and other stories on business travel in a special section.

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Books on Travel

• Sunday Book Review: Travel Books

• Sunday Book Review: ‘The Tao of Travel’ by Paul Theroux

• Sunday Book Review: ‘Andes’ by Michael Jacobs

• Sunday Book Review: ‘Wanderlust: A Love Affair With Five Continents’ by Elisabeth Eaves

• Sunday Book Review: ‘Irresistible North’ by Andrea di Robilant

• Sunday Book Review: ‘An Empire of Ice’ by Edward J. Larson

• Sunday Book Review: ‘Lost in Shangri-La’ by Mitchell Zuckoff

THE SCOOP

New York City iPhone App

An insider’s guide to what to eat, drink and do in New York from the staff of The Times, including a new category on favorite day trips outside of the five boroughs.

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Eurofile

In Alexander Lobrano’s new column, Eurofile, the author of “Hungry for Paris” writes about the best tables (and beds) on the continent.

Dining & Wine

HEADS UP

Vines and Valleys in Oregon

By JENNIFER MARGULIS

The combination of hiking and wine tasting has a name: wiking.

After El Bulli, a Sweet Taste of Life

By RAPHAEL MINDER

The Catalan chef Ferran Adrià has big plans after his fabled restaurant closes in July.

A Fruit With a Future

By JEFF GORDINIER

Suddenly, dragon fruit, the cactus-bred curio, is appearing in too many places to count.

A Tandoor Oven Brings India’s Heat to the Backyard

By STEVEN RAICHLEN

A ceramic artist has developed a version of the ancient Indian clay cooking vessels — part oven and part barbecue pit — for home use.

T MAGAZINE

Ristretto | In Philadelphia

By OLIVER STRAND

The city's 18th-century streets are home to superb coffee, pulled by baristas who are tremendously skilled and disarmingly sweet-natured.

RESTAURANT REVIEW

The National Bar and Dining Rooms

By SAM SIFTON

With a smart, accessible and not terribly expensive menu by the chef Geoffrey Zakarian, the National delivers more than its Midtown location would promise, and handsomely.

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The Spotlight Finds a Basque Shepherds’ Canteen

By JEFF GORDINIER

The owners of Noriega’s, a restaurant in a boardinghouse in Bakersfield, Calif., visited New York for the first time to accept an award from the James Beard Foundation.

•  Video: Noriega's Restaurant

DINER’S JOURNAL

Eleven Madison Park, ABC Kitchen and Gabrielle Hamilton Win James Beard Awards

By FLORENCE FABRICANT

At the James Beard Foundation's annual restaurant and chef awards Monday night, the founder of Prune won Best Chef New York City.

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Cocoron

By LIGAYA MISHAN

A restaurant on the Lower East Side reinterprets ramen dishes with soba noodles, and the result is thick and lusty.

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WINES OF THE TIMES

An Irresistible Austrian Riesling Beckons

By ERIC ASIMOV

The panel tasted 20 Austrian rieslings from recent vintages, wines that are usually refreshing, tangy and energetic with textures.

• Pairings: Smoked Trout Frittatas

A GOOD APPETITE

Cherishing the Turkey, All Year Round

By MELISSA CLARK

Four new ways to enjoy turkey, which tastes as good in May as good as it does in November.

DINER’S JOURNAL

Beer Straight Off the Farm

By INDRANI SEN

For the first time, locally produced beer will be sold at New York City Greenmarkets.

Dining Calendar

By FLORENCE FABRICANT

A documentary about young farmers; free Korean barbecue from a truck; tastes from the Arctic; and other food and wine events.

Off the Menu

By FLORENCE FABRICANT

Apl, MP Taverna, Sprinkles Cupcakes and other restaurant openings.

DINER’S JOURNAL

Errata in ‘Modernist Cuisine’

By INDRANI SEN

The six-volume cookbook issues 12 pages of corrections.

T MAGAZINE

Fête Accompli | The Last Days of El Bulli

By ANDREW FERREN

A goodbye party of sorts on Friday featured plenty of boldface names, and a 50-course meal prepared by 50 cooks.

CHOICE TABLES

Atlanta Serves Sophisticated Southern

By KIM SEVERSON

Over the past few years, Atlanta restaurants have taken on a new sophistication, centered on the farm but experienced in the city.

Food Stuff

Bouchon Bakery Starts Cooking at Rockefeller Center

By FLORENCE FABRICANT

Thomas Keller’s latest will serve breakfast pastries, cookies, sandwiches, soups and salads from morning to early evening.

Blood Clams: Worth a Second Look

By FLORENCE FABRICANT

Once you get past the name and appearance, you will find that blood clams have a crisp succulence and a flavor that is not as briny as a littleneck or cherrystone clam.

Tortilla Chips of a Different Munchability

By FLORENCE FABRICANT

Made at a restaurant in Vermont, Gringo Jack’s flaky chips can now be ordered online.

Movie Reviews

MOVIE REVIEW | 'BRIDESMAIDS' Deflating That Big, Puffy White Gown By MANOHLA DARGIS "Bridesmaids" celebrates the giddy, liberating humor of the writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo.  Making 'Bridesmaids'  Profile Article: Kristen Wiig CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK Paris (and Cannes) in the Spring, Through Woody Allen's Eyes By MANOHLA DARGIS The Cannes Film Festival led with Woody Allen's new movie, "Midnight in Paris"; other early screenings have included Julia Leigh's "Sleeping Beauty" and Gus Van Sant's "Restless."   Slide Show | Cannes Coverage on ArtsBeat  More From the Festival MOVIE REVIEW | 'EVERYTHING MUST GO' A Picture Window on a Life Turned Inside Out By A. O. SCOTT "Everything Must Go" adapts and fills in the blanks of the Raymond Carver story "Why Don't You Dance?"  Fledgling Filmmaker Casts Against Type  Movie Overview | Trailers | Rate and Review MOVIE REVIEW | 'L'AMOUR FOU' The Passions and Demons of Yves Saint Laurent By STEPHEN HOLDEN "L'Amour Fou," a documentary about Yves Saint Laurent, the French couturier, narrated by Pierre Bergé, his partner in business and in life.  Saint Laurent's Other Half  Finding a Life's Story in Objects  Movie Overview | Showtimes | Trailers | Rate and Review MOVIE REVIEW | 'CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH' A Tale of Nanjing Atrocities That Spares No Brutal Detail By MANOHLA DARGIS "City of Life and Death" portrays the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians tortured and killed during the mass butchery known as the Rape of Nanjing.  Movie Overview | Showtimes | Trailers | Rate and Review MOVIE REVIEW | 'THE BIG BANG' A Taste for Psychedelics and the God Particle By STEPHEN HOLDEN "The Big Bang" carries film noir parody into particle physics territory to try to solve the mystery to end all mysteries.  A Director Is Born  Movie Overview | Showtimes | Trailers | Rate and Review MOVIE REVIEW | 'A SERBIAN FILM' Torture or Porn? No Need to Choose By A. O. SCOTT "A Serbian Film," directed by Srdjan Spasojevic, doesn't just push the envelope of the extreme-cinema niche, it shreds it.  So Scandalous a Prosecutor Took Notice  Movie Overview | Showtimes | Trailers | Rate and Review MOVIE REVIEW | 'HESHER' Burn This, Curse That, Wreak Your Havoc By STEPHEN HOLDEN Spencer Susser's "Hesher" stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a tattooed, profanity-spewing, heavy-metal life force. And guess what? He has lessons to teach.   Interview: Spencer Susser  Movie Overview | Showtimes | Trailers | Rate and Review