So it's official! Our fist stop is the UK. which means my first culinary adventure is going to be an attempted stage at River Cottage .

Other stage option might include the Michelin three-star restaurant The Waterside Inn with Chef Michel Roux and or if I have three months to kill I might give The Fat Duck a go. Both restaurants are located in Bray, Berkshire. Much closer to London than river cottage but the food and learning experience would be completely different, from that of river cottage.

Take a look at the links and let me know which ones you think I should push for. Or if you have other suggestions of restaurants or place to check out in the UK, let me know. I am excited to hear from you.

Hey every one. Brooke and I have finally booked our flights and here are the details.

originally we booked a flight to Ireland but the credit card company didn't approve the transaction because they thought it was fraudulent activity. ha ha. So, we will be flying non-stop to London. First stop River Cottage!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

American Airlines AA86 - Boeing 777
Depart	5.05pm	Chicago, IL Chicago O'Hare (ORD)
Arrive	6.50am +1 day	London, United Kingdom London Heathrow Apt (LHR

Travel Tim

7h 45m

Who likes Truffles!

This is about $2,000 worth of truffles. Crazy!

They were used at Wednesday nights truffle dinner at Vie. Unfortunately I was unable to be there but I heard great things.

Extra! Extra!

The good news keeps pouring in for Vie. Friday night Paul Virant won the Jean Banchet award for best fine dining.

Also some good news for Tony Priolo of Piccolo Sogno. Tony won a Jean Banchet award for best neighborhood restaurant.

Congratulations to both Paul and Tony