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Covid lockdowns last year saw many would-be travelers lose money because they had no travel insurance or the wrong kind. Here’s what they’re buying now and why.

Pitmaster Rodney Scott’s memoir and cookbook

Le Pavillon is an important symbol for New York’s recovery

As vaccination rates increase and people venture out of quarantine, here’s how travel has changed in the era of Covid-19 and what to expect on vacation in 2021 and beyond.

Twenty iconic chefs pick the next chefs to watch and divulge where they like to eat.

Restaurants turn to exotic Mongolian yurts as another way to promote outdoor dining.

An informative book on the history of black food and the diversity of black chefs working today.

The Israeli/British chef has a new book Flavors which can help take the place of a trip to visit one of his London restaurants.

Ottolenghi: The Accidental Vegetarian

Published in Side of Culture: A great day trip from NYC or Philadelphia, the beautifully landscaped 42 acres of the Grounds for Sculpture (GFS) provide an inviting setting year-round for almost 300 contemporary sculptures. The sculpture park was the vision of founder and artist Seward Johnson, who died in 2020. He wanted to present contemporary sculpture in a non-intimidating setting that could nurture everyone’s creativity. The works range from Seward Johnson’s hyper-realist sculptures, some based on Impressionist paintings, to abstract works by Bruce Beasley, among others: there’s something for everyone.

The city of scarlet and gray, the colors of their beloved The Ohio State University, brings a pop of rainbow to the American Midwest.

Columbus is a young city with an entrepreneurial spirit. According to the U.S. Census Bureau findings released in 2019, Columbus was the only Midwestern city to make the Top 15 Fastest Growing Cities list. The result has brought a revitalization of neighborhoods, a renaissance of culture, and a reinhabiting of the city center.

Side of Culture: A 500-acre, open-air sculpture park in New York’s Hudson Valley, Storm King Art Center is celebrating its 60th anniversary when its vision of supporting artists, art, and nature seems more relevant and urgent than ever. It has become famous internationally as a beautiful, ever-changing natural showcase for work by distinguished contemporary artists including Mark di Suvero and Maya Lin.

Fodors.com: The City of Brotherly Love has more outstanding historic places (let alone the Rocky steps and statue, which don’t count here!) than Benjamin Franklin had aphorisms. Don’t-miss icons like Independence Hall recall the city’s role in the American Revolution. But you’ll get a fuller sense of Philly if you also see notable places that tell other stories, whether it’s Eastern State Penitentiary or Mother Bethel AME Church.