Karen Berliner, Author at Upscale Living Magazine

COSME Restaurant, a Contemporary Mexican Restaurant in NYC

01/05/2020

FEATURES, Gastronomy | Best Restaurants, Chefs & Dishes, Restaurants

Located smack in the center of New York City’s Flatiron District, Cosme is a contemporary Mexican restaurant founded by chef partners Enrique Olvera and Daniela Soto-Innes along with restaurateur Santiago Perez...

The Julia Hotel

Karen Berliner

08/19/2018

Hotels, NEWS, TRAVEL

Sometimes you just want to have it all. No compromise, no holding back on what you require to have a great experience in getting away. Your great experience. Seldom can the traveler find the perf...

Here’s Looking at You, Kid: … Playa Largo Resort & Spa Key Largo

Karen Berliner

04/25/2018

TRAVEL

Bogie and Bacall had it right when they made their way to Key Largo—such tropical beauty, charm and romantic ambiance, no passport required, if you please. Now, it’s your turn. Perched in all of its splen...

Dine like a Queen, Sleep like a King

Karen Berliner

01/30/2018

Gastronomy | Best Restaurants, Chefs & Dishes, Restaurants

A selection of Upscale restaurant experiences and the luxurious hotels that host them. In this hustle and bustle world that we live in, every now and then it’s nice to leave it all behind, escape from work to ...

Caviar, The Taste of Elegance

Karen Berliner

01/28/2018

Gastronomy | Best Restaurants, Chefs & Dishes, Gourmet

Elegance is a matter of taste. Caviar conjures images of swank penthouse parties where svelte ladies in slinky black dresses sip champagne and dance with financiers or possibly spies. Why does it have the mysti...

Cheeca Lodge & Spa in Islamorada, Florida

Cheeca Lodge, Barefoot Elegance in the Keys

Karen Berliner

01/28/2018

TRAVEL

Cheeca Lodge in the Florida Keys, comprised of 27 private, lushly landscaped acres, is a destination of classic elegance that has attracted world-famous figures, as well as honeymooners and families since 1946....

Upscale Living Goes Bubbly: Taittinger Champagne

Karen Berliner

01/28/2018

LIFESTYLE, NEWS, Wines + Spirits + Cigars

Upscale Living Goes Bubbly: Taittinger Champagne Champagne. (/shamˈpān/) --A sparkling wine associated with joy and regarded as a symbol of luxury, typically that made in the Champagne region of Reims, France...

Fried Zucchini Blossoms recipe by Tom Formaro

Karen Berliner

01/25/2018

Gastronomy | Best Restaurants, Chefs & Dishes, Recipes

In his new book, The Broken Heart Diet, author Tom Formaro takes readers on an entertaining roller-coaster ride through food and love. The son of a Sicilian immigrant and a first generation Italian-American, To...

Q+A with Chef Ryan Hardy

Karen Berliner

12/25/2017

Gastronomy | Best Restaurants, Chefs & Dishes, Top Chefs

The Naples Winter Wine Festival is the most successful international charity wine auction in the world, bringing together renowned vintners and chefs with wine enthusiasts and philanthropists to raise millions ...

Upscale Celebrity Chefs and their Swagger

Karen Berliner

12/12/2017

Gastronomy | Best Restaurants, Chefs & Dishes, Top Chefs

Most of us don't like to boast or brag, chefs included. It brings out the bashful in even the biggest giants. With that in mind, and with a beautiful tasting palate in tow, ULM has playfully granted carte blanc...

Vegan Restaurants, Green Passion in Upscale Dining Fashion

Karen Berliner

07/04/2017

Gastronomy | Best Restaurants, Chefs & Dishes, Gourmet, Restaurants

Vegan Restaurants, Green Passion in Upscale Dining Fashion From tried and true green dining spots to new restaurants with a vegetarian emphasis, Upscale Living Magazine picks some tasty vegetarian and vegan re...

NYC’s Gilt-y Dining Pleasures

Karen Berliner

08/13/2016

Gastronomy | Best Restaurants, Chefs & Dishes, Restaurants

A Golden Collection of Fancy to Fancy Free Restaurants in Manhattan Karen Holly Berliner Close your eyes for just a moment. Now wander through your memory for an image, an occasion; even a fa...

Making the — GRADE NYC

Karen Berliner

05/02/2014

NEWS

Sometimes it’s all in a word. Take the word GRADE for example. Derived from the term GRADIENT, in the case of this architecture and interior design company, grade represents their process; that of distilling i...

Fine Wine meets Fine Dine in NYC

Karen Berliner

08/29/2013

Gastronomy | Best Restaurants, Chefs & Dishes, Wines + Spirits + Cigars

Oenophilia (eh-no-fill-ee-uh), derived from the Greek language, is the love (philia) of wine (oinos). Ipso facto, an oenophile is a lover of wine. It stands to reason that wine lovers are often foodies too, for...

I’m Tasting The Stars – A Look at Champagne

Karen Berliner

08/28/2013

LIFESTYLE, Wines + Spirits + Cigars

You’re at a party. A band is playing dance tunes while people chatter about plans for the New Year. In the corner, mostly unheard, a voice from the television brings you the festivities for Times Square. ...

Author Karen Berliner