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USA eat well
EAT THE BIG APPLE weekend of food tasting, culinary seminars and
New York is synonymous with brunch, for appearances from celebrity chefs.
which Rob Wilson, UK sales and marketing Inevitably the best restaurants attract hordes
director for NYC & Company, recommends of diners and Miami’s Joe’s Stone Crab is no
Pastis: “It does the best Bloody Marys and the exception. This is a Miami institution that
Eggs Benedict is perfect. Even better is the opened its doors in 1913 but stone crabs are
location in the heart of the Meatpacking only available from May to October so demand
District – it’s a funky neighbourhood and is high. To avoid the two-hour wait for a table
great for people watching.” most nights, go to Joe’s Take Away next door
Another Big Apple tradition that first-time and eat on the beach.
visitors have to experience is the deli, says Sample package: North America Travel Service
Sarah Lax, US programme director for Hayes has seven nights at the Ritz-Carlton, South Beach,
& Jarvis. “Order an enormous deli sandwich in a deluxe room from £1,182 including flights.
stuffed full of pickles and coleslaw at the Stage ■ northamericatravelservice.co.uk
Deli on Broadway. New York delis don’t come
any better and I always pay it a visit when I’m CHICAGO ON SHOW
in town.” Another key event in the US food calendar is
A world away from your average children’s the Chicago Food Festival, which celebrates its
party in McDonald’s is the Madeline High Tea 30th anniversary in 2010 (June 26 until July 5).
at Rosewood Hotel the Carlyle, by Central Park. It’s the world’s largest outdoor food festival and
On Fridays through Sundays from 12pm to the food on offer ranges from rib sandwiches to
4pm, the Bemelmans Bar hosts a party for pork-filled banana dumplings. There’s also a
families. Treats on the menu for tots include programme of free concerts.
Teany Burgers and Fries, Pepitos
Crudites and Dips and Sample package: United Vacations offers city
the Eiffel Tower Hot breaks to Chicago during the 2010 festival from
Fudge Sundae. £589. Price includes flights and three nights’
accommodation at Doubletree Magnificent Mile.
Sample package: ■ uvagents.co.uk
Tuck into one of
Stage Deli’s sandwiches CLAM UP IN NEW ENGLAND
when you stay at the New England is renowned for fantastic seafood
Wyndham Garden Hotel and Heidi Blades, Premier Holidays’ USA and
Manhattan Chelsea West Canada general manager, is a fan of the clam
with Hayes & Jarvis. A chowder and lobster served by the many seafood
three-night break shacks in the region. She says: “They are mostly
costs £749 per unpretentious, offering some of the best
person based on seafood and service that you will ever receive.
two sharing. Markey’s Lobster Pool restaurant in Seabrook,
The four-star New Hampshire, serves amazing lobster.”
hotel is just a
block from Sample package: Sample clam chowder on
Broadway in the Premier Holidays’ 11-night Best of New England
trendy district of self-drive tour, from £1,229. Price includes flights
Chelsea. to Boston with American Airlines, car hire and
■ hayesandjarvis.co.uk accommodation.
■ trade.premierholidays.co.uk
MIAMI SPICE
Many US cities have BAKED ALASKA
pioneered food styles – Fresh seafood is also a reason to visit Alaska.
Miami was responsible for And with so much fresh air on offer, you’ll be
the creation of “Floribbean” sure to work up an appetite. Juicy king crab
cuisine, fusing local ingredi- legs dipped in hot butter, freshly grilled
ents with Caribbean influ- Alaskan halibut and caribou sausages are just
ences and European cooking some of the rewards to fill up on after a day
techniques. Time your visit spent kayaking or glacier hiking.
with the annual South Beach
Wine & Food Festival to taste Sample package: Book TrekAmerica’s 14-day
the unique recipes (February Alaskan Wonder itinerary for the chance to sample
25-28, 2010). It’s a jam-packed America’s frontier cuisine. The tour runs from May
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