REAL DEALS
Yukon and Alaska Air/Hotel, 7 Nights, From $1,820
Answer the call of the wild by traveling from Whitehorse (Canada's "Wilderness City") to towns and mountain villages made famous during the Yukon Gold Rush, and then back.
TAKE MY WORD
Author Bill Buford on Tuscany
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
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"Genuine Tuscan cooking is hard to find. An exception is Osteria le Panzanelle, in Lucarelli, off the highway between Florence and Siena. The place is run by Nada Michelassi, a James Joyce scholar. Her food is true to the zona, which is why I love it. Take her panzanella, a tomatoey, herby dish made with stale Tuscan bread. It's normally awful--but it Michelassi's hands, it tastes magically of this place and no other."
--Bill Buford, whose book "Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as a Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany" is out this June. Osteria le Panzanelle, 011-39/0577-733-511, panzanella, $6.
Note: This story was accurate when it was published. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.
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