Malcolm Gladwell on Learning to Cook and the Only 4 Things He’ll Drink | Food & Wine

Last week, we caught up with Gladwell at The White Hart Inn in Salisbury, Connecticut. He’s one of ten investors – they’re comprised of local residents and friends including Redbook Editor-in-Chief Meredith Rollins and Chef Annie Wayte – in the historic 16-room inn, a beloved local institution that reopened last year after undergoing an extensive and elegant renovation.  

Hotel Vintage Is The Place For Wine Lovers In Portland, Oregon | Food Republic

If there were ever a weak link in the city’s landscape, though, it’s downtown. While the area’s been typically associated with bleak office buildings, wimpy restaurants and tourists who don’t know any better, its reputation is on the upswing with a well-deserved clutch of new restaurants, bars and accommodations, like Kimpton’s recently renovated Hotel Vintage.