Take a culinary journey with recipes from the world’s most beloved food destinations, curated by internationally celebrated chefs. The Luxury Collection Epicurean Journeys explores the transcendent cuisine inside some of the world’s most exotic hotels. With over eighty properties featured, New York to Vietnam, India to Peru, no region of the world is left untasted. A selection of notable tastemakers offer their perspectives on their favorite hotel dining experiences, including Elettra Wiedemann, José Andres, and Ruth Reichl. Showcasing unique local takes on curry, risotto, and dulce de leche, this newest volume in Assouline’s Hotel Stories series reveals the most delicious dishes of these legendary establishments. Brimming with beautiful imagery and mouth-watering recipes, The Luxury Collection Epicurean Journeys is a must-have for travel enthusiasts and foodies alike.

Joshua David Stein writes about food, travel, fashion and style for publications like Esquire, the New York Times, T: The New York Times Style magazine, New York magazine, Food & Wine, The Guardian, Wired and Vice, for whom he writes food-based erotica. He is currently the restaurant critic for The New York Observer, and was formerly the senior editor of Departures magazine, the editor of Black Ink, the editor-in-chief of BlackBook magazine, not all at the same time, obviou sly. He is the co-author of StyleCity: New York (Thames & Hudson, 2009). He lives with his wife, Ana, and two children, Achilles and Augustus, in Morningside Heights.