Garden Whisperers

Garden Whisperers Buzzwords abound in the restaurant industry: hyperlocal, farm to table, field to table, seed to table.One local hotel is walking the walk by creating its own sustainable organic garden on the premises for its in-house dining program. The Veranda E in the Hotel Escalante’s garden still is in the beginning stages, but the […]

Restaurant escapes: In the heart of Naples, a food lover’s oasis

Restaurant escapes: In the heart of Naples, a food lover’s oasis On a bustling Naples corridor, a hidden restaurant built into a hotel courtyard offers an oasis, and a menu of hand-crafted foods. Meet Veranda E. Destination dining isn’t always about the journey, it’s about the feeling. It’s about finding a table in a setting […]

Paradise Found

Paradise Found In these tedious and seemingly never-ending days of the pandemic, it has become maddeningly predictable that however modest one’s expectations about almost anything may be, they are seldom met, let alone surpassed. Goods, services, schedules: all are at the mercy of what has become the universal excuse for declining standards. Consequently, it is […]