The 2014 Austin Food & Wine Festival is a Big Deal

Covering the Austin Food & Wine Festival for the Daily Meal put a pip in my step for at least six weeks. It was like being Lois Lane on the scene of Superman saving Metropolis. Being a first time attendee of the Austin Food & Wine Festival meant morphing into a writing soldier was the only option. After spending most of Friday attending the 3rd Annual Food Republic Interview Lounge, it...

Chicago: Wave at W Hotel

This is just weird. How can there be a continental breakfast you can't see. This continental breakfast isn't set up on a table or two, it's in the real restaurant of the W Hotel in Chicago. Our free continental breakfast is included with our room. We just have to use it. We have to. All of the non-losers are ordering from the real menu. All of these non-continental people around us have eggs and...