A trip to the foothills of the Smoky Mountains rarely goes exactly the way it looks on paper. Sevierville sits at the front door of that region, and most visitors arrive with a long list and only a few days to work through it. The town rewards people who plan loosely and leave room to…
A burger that left the kitchen with a toasted bun, crisp lettuce, melted cheese, and a freshly cooked patty turns soft, compressed, and wet when it arrives at the customer’s doorstep. This situation is more alarming for food businesses than a presentation problem. A soggy burger can make a well-prepared meal feel lower in quality. …
Knowing every song on an album does not automatically tell you which concert will suit you best. The same artist can create a very different evening in a stadium, arena, festival field or month-long residency. Start With the Type of Show Begin with the artist, then check what kind of performance is actually scheduled. Fans…
Valencia is an easy city to do in a day, largely because the sights sit in a line. The old town is at one end and the City of Arts and Sciences is at the other, with a long park running between them in the bed of a river that was moved out of the…
A burger might be heavy. The box does not necessarily need to be. For a restaurant serving hundreds of takeaway orders each week, packaging is more than something that holds the food. Boxes need to be stored, assembled, stacked, carried and transported. Small differences in size and weight can become surprisingly important when the same…
I went to Hvar expecting to write about lavender ice cream and fancy harbor restaurants. I came back with a notebook full of fish stew recipes, an ongoing argument about the correct potato-to-fish ratio, and a mild addiction to a cheap sardine sandwich sold from a hut behind the market. This is a food island,…
