San Francisco 2010 with the wine country


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Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences. Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in San Francisco! •Updated annually,Fodor’s San Franciscoprovides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guide book. •Fodor’s San Franciscofeatures options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, soyoumake the choices to planyourtrip of a lifetime. •If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in San Francisco. •Experience San Francisco like a local!Fodor’s San Franciscoincludes unique photo-features that impart the city’s culture, covering Chinatown history, Cable Car rides, Alcatraz lore, Golden Gate Park activities, and much more! •Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls. •Full-color pullout map Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.




San Francisco, 2010


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Michelin Gd San Francisco Bay Area and Wine Country 2010


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Featuring their Famously Anonymous approach, Michelin Guides offer an unbiased assessment of the hotels and restaurants featured in their books. Bay Area locals and tourists alike can be confident in their dining choices.




Travel & Leisure


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San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country


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The MICHELIN Guide contains a selection of more than 500 quality restaurants based on anonymous visits made by our team of professional, local inspectors. Here you will find only the best places to fit your budget and culinary cravings. Here's how it works : Our inspectors visit hundreds of establishments every year and evaluate each one according to a rigorous set of criteria ; Only the best restaurants and hotels in each category are included in the guide; every establishment is a trusted Michelin recommendation ; Our selection represents a wide variety of styles, price ranges, and cuisine types ; Considering décor, ambience, and service, our inspectors classify restaurants by comfort, with 'one flatware' indicating a modest establishment and ' five flatware', the most luxurious ; The restaurants that stand out for the exceptional quality of their cuisine are awarded Michelin stars, the highest honor in the culinary industry ; Special symbols, such as the Bib Gourmand, indicate our inspectors' favorites for great food at reasonable prices ; Our extensive list of places to eat for $25 or less is perfect when both quality and price matter ; Our inspectors offer their tested selection of 5mall Plates as a dining option, indicated by 'plate'. Our inspection process has been refined over decades so you can feel confident in selecting a Michelin-recommended restaurant. No matter what the occasion, the MICHELIN Guide will help you make the right choice.




Fodor's 2010 Northern California


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Detailed and timely information on accommodations, restaurants and local attractions highlight these updated travel guides, which feature all-new covers, a dramatic visual design, symbols to indicate budget options, must-see ratings, multi-day itineraries, Smart Travel Tips, helpful bulleted maps, tips on transportation, guidelines for shopping excursions and other valuable features. Original.




When the Rivers Ran Red


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Today, millions of people around the world enjoy California's legendary wines, unaware that 90 years ago the families who made these wines--and in many cases still do – turned to struggle and subterfuge to save the industry we now cherish. When Prohibition took effect in 1919, three months after one of the greatest California grape harvests of all time, violence and chaos descended on Northern California. Federal agents spilled thousands of gallons of wine in the rivers and creeks, gun battles erupted on dark country roads, and local law enforcement officers, sympathetic to their winemaking neighbors, found ways to run circles around the intruding authorities. For the state's winemaking families--many of them immigrants from Italy--surviving Prohibition meant facing impossible decisions, whether to give up the idyllic way of life their families had known for generations, or break the law to enable their wine businesses and their livelihood to survive. Including moments of both desperation and joy, Sosnowski tells the inspiring story of how ordinary people fought to protect to a beautiful and timeless culture in the lovely hills and valleys of now-celebrated wine country.




Vino Argentino


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In this book—part wine primer, part cultural exploration, part introduction to the Argentine lifestyle—discover where to eat, what to see, and how to travel like a local with Laura Catena, the Argentina-born, United States-educated, globetrotting wine star. The world's fifth largest producer of wine, Argentina is home to malbec, the country's best-known indigenous grape. More than 400,000 Americans and 600,000 Europeans visit Argentina every year to enjoy the mighty malbec, taste unparalleled food, trek the wide-open country, and tango all night long in Buenos Aires. Vino Argentino provides insider access to beautiful Argentina.




San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country


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New for 2010, our inspectors offer their tested selection of Small Plates dining options.The MICHELIN Guide contains a selection of more than 650 quality restaurants based on anonymous visits made by our team of professional, local inspectors. Here you will find only the best places to fit your budget and culinary cravings. Here's how it works : Our inspectors visit hundreds of establishments and rate each one according to a rigorous set of criteria. Considering décor, ambience, and service, our inspectors classify restaurants by comfort, with indicating a modest establishment and IXi°KÂ, the most luxurious. The restaurants that stand out for the exceptional quality of their cuisine are awarded Michelin stars - the highest honor in the culinary industry. Special symbols, such as the Bib Gourmanda, indicate our inspectors' favorites for great food at reasonable prices. Our extensive list of places to eat for $25 or less is perfect when both quality and price matter. Our inspection process has been refined over decades so you can feel confident in selecting a Michelin-recommended restaurant. No matter what the occasion, the MICHELIN Guide will help you make the right choice.