Author Archives: Epicurious Travelers

About Epicurious Travelers

Ms. Margolis-Pineo created EpicuriousTravelers.com to showcase her published work and ongoing food-travel adventures. Based in Portland, Maine, she travels frequently both in her home state and north to Montreal, her favorite North American city. Although she refuses to use the word "foodie," she has an abiding interest in food and wine. Ms. Margolis-Pineo's background as a designer gives her site an edge in the oversaturated blogosphere. New contacts, "likes," subscribers and content are always welcome!

The Thin Man Day

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

My friend Kari says we should’ve called our last post The Thin Man Day because we spent the whole time drinking and being intrepid. I’m an artist. He’s an engineer. He reads maps. I read menus. He calculates exchange rates. … Continue reading →

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Looking for Ricky Martin in Old San Juan

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

So we missed the organic farmers market by 24 hours but caught the San Juan Museum whose antiquities and ephemera include a display on intentional cranial deformation. Mixing high culture and medical oddities always makes us hungry, so we indulged … Continue reading →

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Sangria in Old San Juan

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

We love: 1. Red Sangria 2. Blue cobblestones 3. Food trucks 4. Restaurant Barú We have 24 hours left and plan to find a few more. Oh, and guess what’s on TV at our hotel, the hip and arty … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged beaches, boats, breakfast, Caribbean vacations, Cocktail, Da House, food, hospitality, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, rum drinks, Sangria, tropical, Wine | Leave a comment

Breakfast by the Bay

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

We grab a giant breakfast sandwich down by the Vieques ferry terminal and eat on the pier admiring the shades of turquoise. The sandwich is awesome and feeds both of us plus the scruffy pier-dog at our feet. We discover … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged beaches, boats, breakfast, Caribbean, coffeehouse, food, hospitality, Puerto Rico, rum drinks, tropical, vacations, Vieques, WiFi | Leave a comment

A Vieques Valentine

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

Ah, Puerto Rico, at last! Gorgeous, noisy, humid and wild. We are determined to taste and savor all week long. This is not a place for “sipping” – this is a guzzler’s paradise. Our first coup has to do with … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Boston restaurants, brothers, cookies, crispy duck, epicurean travel, food and wine, modern American cuisine, restaurant names, South End, Tremont Street | 1 Comment

Happy Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

Here is an early valentine to the world and to one of my favorite fellow travel writers, Necee Regis – an awesome writer and a great friend.

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Sibling Rivalry

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

Went to a restaurant in Boston called Sibling Rivalry on Tremont Street in the South End. The menu is split with culinary offerings from chefs and brothers, David and Bob Kinkead, who have created a “dueling” menu of different interpretations … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Wine | Tagged Boston restaurants, brothers, cookies, crispy duck, epicurean travel, food and wine, modern American cuisine, restaurant names, South End, Tremont Street | Leave a comment

Snowy Day

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

We are enjoying (ha!) a perpetual blizzard here in the northeast. Our epicurious adventures are mostly indoors, at home, with a mug of Nathan’s Hot Chocolate 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 2/3 cup sugar (Not sweet enough? Add more.) … … Continue reading →

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Mr. Poggi’s Gift

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

A mysterious package arrived by post yesterday from our friend Mr. Poggi in Monterosso Al Mare, Cinque Terre, Italy. It was heavy. We thought it might be a bottle of his wine or maybe another encyclopedia-sized slab of pancetta. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Wine, Italian Travel, Travel | Tagged Andrea Poggi, Cinque Terre, Elizabeth Margolis-Pineo, epicurean travel, Food & Wine, hiking, Hotel la Spiaggia Monterrosso Al Mare, La Spezia, La Spiaggia Hotel, Modena, Monterrosso Al Mare, wine and food | Leave a comment

Epicurious Camden, Maine

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

Grand Harbor Inn: Romantic Escape for Two Elegant suites, sparkling flavors and stunning water views It’s another messy, bone-chilling winter and I am my usual post-holiday puffy self. At this time of year, I’m always in need of a relaxing, … Continue reading →

Posted in Italian Travel | Tagged art, B&Bs, Camden, Cellardoor Winery, coffee, facial, Farnsworth, Francine, Inns, Maine, massage, pampering, Paolina's Way, posh, restaurants, wine tasting, winter getaways, Wyeth, yoga | 1 Comment