Now containing over 100 new restaurants, this upscale guide with 4-color photos, detailed information listings, and descriptive text brings fine publishing to fine dining.

The 2005 guide tells you all you need to know from dress codes to parking options at each restaurant along with photos of ambiance and specialty dishes. Buyers of the book who have less than an exceptional fine-dining experience at a DiRoNA restaurant may obtain up to a $200 refund on their restaurant bill.

This book is the most comprehensive fine dining restaurant guide complete with four-color photos, detailed information lists, and descriptive text that brings fine publishing to fine dining guides. The 2006 Guide tells you all you need to know, from dress codes to parking options at each restaurant, along with photos of ambiance and specialty dishes.

This volume explores our cultural celebration of food, blending lobster festivals, politicians' roadside eats, reality show "chef showdowns," and gravity-defying cakes into a deeper exploration of why people find so much joy in eating. In 1961, Julia Child introduced the American public to an entirely new, joy-infused approach to cooking and eating food. In doing so, she set in motion a food renaissance that is still in full bloom today. Over the last six decades, food has become an increasingly more diverse, prominent, and joyful point of cultural interest. The Joy of Eating discusses in detail the current golden age of food in contemporary American popular culture. Entries explore the proliferation of food-themed television shows, documentaries, and networks; the booming popularity of celebrity chefs; unusual, exotic, decadent, creative, and even mundane food trends; and cultural celebrations of food, such as in festivals and music. The volume provides depth and academic gravity by tying each entry into broader themes and larger contexts (in relation to a food-themed reality show, for example, discussing the show's popularity in direct relation to a significant economic event), providing a brief history behind popular foods and types of cuisines and tracing the evolution of our understanding of diet and nutrition, among other explications.

A guide for both skiers and snowboarders to the slopes and resorts of the US and Canada, covering over 100 destinations from world-class mountains to local gems. There is in-depth coverage of the ski areas, including piste reviews, suggestions for backcountry forays, details of boardparks and tips on avoiding crowds. The guide also provides informative and colourful reviews of the other attractions that make up a ski trip - hotels, restaurants, bars, spas and shopping.