Lonely Planet’s authors are constantly travelling the globe, doing research to update our guidebooks. Each month
Lonely Planet magazine asks them to report back about what’s going on where they are, keeping us all up-to-date.
Here’s what our authors are talking about this December:New York street food awards
Robert Reid, Lonely Planet’s US travel editor.
New York street food has long outgrown the hot dog. Just note the finalists of the 6th annual
Vendy Awards, the city’s street-vendor competition. It’s less frankfurter, and more chalupa, vegan pastry, even ‘gay ice cream.’
‘It’s definitely not just hot dogs anymore,’ says Fares ‘Freddy’ Zeideia, of the King of Falafel and Shawarma in Queens – this year’s Vendy winner. ‘You only see hot dogs on Fifth Avenue for tourists.’
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One of the best souvenirs you can bring back from a trip is some tasty dishes to share with your friends. Beats a fridge magnet, right? Here are 10 great places to visit if you want to brush up your culinary skills.
Now that the weather has turned crisp and clear, the leaves are brilliant shades of red and yellow, the apples hang ripe for picking, the pumpkins lie round and orange in the fields, and the farm stands burst with harvest bounty, it is time to celebrate autumn with an excursion to the countryside. Use the websites listed below and the materials on display in the Travel Center to help you plan that excursion.
CruiseTimetables.com, your first port-of-call to find up-to-date cruise ship schedules, itineraries, sampled prices, ports-of-departure and cruise destinations for all the major cruise lines.
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