Beth’s Wild Wild West When collector and philanthropist Beth Rudin DeWoody bought property in West Palm Beach, they called her a pioneer. After they saw what she had done with it, “visionary” seemed more appropriate.
Capital Style Design team Sills Huniford continues its revamp of the St. Regis. The latest stop? The Presidential Suite in Washington, D.C.
Eating Small in New York Across Manhattan, matchbox-size restaurants are reshaping the city’s culinary landscape without pomp or theater. Roving epicure Alan Richman finds that small is the next big delicious thing.
Verbier on the Verge Offering some of Europe’s best skiing—and better Backcountry than anywhere in the States—Verbier is no longer quite the secret it once was. Sophy Roberts navigates the ultimate winter resort.
Art & Design
The Annotated Apple Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about shopping for Apple
The Trend Report From diamond-studded earphones and one-of-a-kind black pansies to—yes!—apple pies from Costco, these are the things, people, and places that made us put down the BlackBerry, turn off the iPhone, and say “I want that. Now.”
The Trend Report: Cult Hero | Jayson Woodbridge With close-to-perfect Robert Parker ratings and up to a five-year waiting list for his Hundred Acre vintages, the maverick vintner of Napa Valley believes good wine is a birthright.
The Trend Report: Cultural Circle A 360-degree view of the artists, shows, books, and places on our radar this season. And there’s even something for the kiddies.
Club Jamaica The glamour endures at Tryall, coconut plantation turned exclusive retreat, where members commune with colonial ghosts and Monday never comes.
Dress Code
A Rare Vintage Was the ring he bought on impulse as special as the love he had waited a lifetime for? Carll Tucker wants the truth.
Earthly Delights Haute joaillerie is the jewelry world’s haute couture. Elisabeth Franck-Dumas chronicles the making of Van Cleef & Arpels’s latest garden-inspired collection, Les Jardins.
Pure Formality No matter how creative black tie gets, certain rules always apply. How daring can a white tuxedo shirt really be?
The $165,000 Question Designer Dennis Basso talks one conflicted shopper off the fur-lined ledge.
Why I Wear What I Wear: Martial Vivot With the opening of his eponymous men’s-only New York salon, the master barber waxes poetic on the rituals of grooming.
First Person
Seeking Paris Rental: Must Have Kitchen For Judith Jones, Paris will always be about the neighborhoods, the markets, and cooking. So when Julia Child’s longtime editor makes her yearly visit to the city, a hotel room will never do.
Golf
The Perfect Putter David Edel may have revolutionized the most important club in your bag.
Home Front
Cassoulet Style
How to cook that most classic of great dishes, and in what pot? Sylvie Bigar stirs up one of the great debates in French cooking.
Twelve Days of David On the first day of Christmas...I have sung this holiday classic more times than I care to remember, without much thought to what any of it really meant. Turns out, each lyric is loaded with meaning. For me, the past is merely prologue to…perfect presents. So what exactly is a partridge doing in a pear tree?
Toujours Gamay Many of us have encountered Beaujolais in its Nouveau form—and stopped there. But the region also produces some excellent vintages, and its signature grape, Gamay, is now being used to make first-rate wines from the Loire Valley to California.
Worldly Goods
Message in a Bottle French perfumer Jacques Guerlain created L’Heure Bleue after twilight walks in his garden. Nearly a century later, Jean Nathan finds magic in his bottle.
The Evolution of the Cadillac It’s been a while since they were the height of cool. But the new CTSs could change all that.
The Lights Fantastiques In a tiny French village, one family creates the most beautiful chandeliers on earth.
Wave of the Future At $34 million, Luciano Benetton’s new yacht is not only one of the world’s most luxurious—it may also be the most eco-efficient.
When Is a Macaron Really a Macaron? Peripatetic food writer Charlotte Druckman decides to find that perfect Parisian confection of ground almonds, egg whites, and sugar.
The Philanthropist
A Family’s Cause Takes Root
Vintner Garen Staglin explains to writer Aimee Lee Ball how his son’s illness led the family to create a music festival that’s raised more than $80 million for mental health research.
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