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Love that airport food?

06/04/08
At Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, you just might. Chef Tim Love, the guy who wears a cowboy hat instead of a toque and who is known as “the foremost pioneer of urban Western cuisine,” has brought his tasty fare to DFW airport – in grab ‘n go form. HMS Host is featuring Chef Love’s creations at →

On the road, every little bit helps

05/29/08
US Airways just announced a new cost-saving measure: no more free snacks for coach passengers. Complimentary soft drinks are still on the menu, but probably not for long. Now more than ever, travelers need a little relief. In my Well-Mannered Traveler column today, I offer a round-up of some of the gas-rebate offers travelers can →

Something fishy from Alaska

05/16/08
Seafood lovers in the Northwest and around the world have been waiting with, yes, baited breath for this year’s Copper River Salmon season to begin. No more waiting: today an Alaska Airlines plane left Cordova, Alaska for Seattle, Washington with the season’s first shipment of this tasty and often wildly-priced wild salmon. The first fish →

PDX gets green beer

04/04/08
Hungry, environmentally-conscious travelers at Oregon’s Portland International Airport(PDX) now have another place to drink organic beer and dine on organic meals, including the “Tree Hugger Scramble.” Already wildly popular in Portland, the Laurelwood Public House and Brewery has just opened a second airport branch. This one is on Concourse E. The menu includes Oregon-brewed organic →

Where’s the Whoopass?

03/31/08
Although most airlines now charge for in-flight snacks and meals, many airlines still serve complimentary soft drinks and water. Sometimes Coke gets swapped for Pepsi, but in general the beverage offerings seem to stay the same. But starting April 1, 2008 both Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air will begin serving complimentary Jones Sodas. The Seattle-based →

Dutch Chocolate and High Tea at DFW

03/25/08
It should be quite a scene this Sunday (March 30th) at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport when they celebrate new service to London Heathrow and Amsterdam Schiphol Airports. For folks arriving from Amsterdam, they’ll be authentic Dutch klompendansers, Dutch coffee, chocolates and a giant windmill cake. For those arriving from Heathrow, it will be English teas →

New at Nashville International Airport

03/13/08
Some travelers had a tasty time at Nashville International Airport (BNA) yesterday. The airport threw a party to celebrate the opening of a dozen new food, beverage and retail vendors in the terminal. Free food samples included meatloaf and peach cobbler from a branch of local favorite Swett’s, and cheesecake and turkey Reuben sandwiches from →

Tasty fuel for the last leg of the trip

03/04/08
Notice all those restaurants and take-out joints popping up at airports? They’re not just for folks getting onto planes. For arriving passengers it means not having to go home – or to the hotel – hungry. David Grossman, a fellow columnist over at USATODAY.com explores the topic in a new column. He was kind enough →
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