Jennifer Reese

Jennifer Reese is the lead book critic for Entertainment Weekly. She has also written for The New York Times and other publications. She is a frequent contributor to VIA.

San Lorenzo Valley

Best Food City

Merced

Vietnamese Cuisine

Robinson Jeffers’ Tor House

Small-Town Museums: Vanishing Treasure Troves?

Mo’s Chowder Houses on the Oregon Coast

Two Chinatowns: San Francisco and Las Vegas

San Francisco’s Deco Ghetto

Da Vinci Code Tours

Tillamook: Its Cheese and Trees

San Francisco’s Japantown

Top Western Culinary Destinations

California Missions: Can They be Saved?

Seattle’s Belltown: Urban Hub

Verna Dunshee Trail: Mt. Tam’s Scenic Overlook

Yountville, Calif.: Napa’s Gourmet Mile

Eastern Sierra Sojourn: Highway 395

Oregon’s McMenamin Brothers: Eccentric Pub Masters

Riding the Polar Express

Caesar Salads

Cioppino: Classic Seafood Stew

Crab Louis

Great Travel Fiction and Nonfiction

Audiobooks for the Road

California’s Cheeseburger

The Best Young Sommelier

The Art of Complaining

Solvang: California's Little Denmark

It's a Jungle in There: the world famous San Diego Zoo

Stockton, Calif.: Central Valley’s eclectic getwaway

Highway Through the Heartland: a salute to California’s Highway 99

Okanagan Valley: British Columbia’s sunbelt makes wine lovers happy.

Portuguese Festa: bloodless bullfighting in California’s Central Valley

Larry Stone: wine taster extraordinaire holds court in San Francisco’s Rubicon restaurant.

San Francisco’s Mission District: the lowdown on great restaurants

Corvallis, Ore.: a weekend getaway in a college town

Pacific Oysters: where to find them

Alice Waters: Chez Panisse’s visionary chef changed restaurants

Boutique Hotels: here’s how to find a great deal.

Sun Valley Still Shines: revisiting Sun Valley, Idaho

In the Fast Lane: driving in a Nemesis Formula SC99 race car at a Las Vegas racing school.

High-Tech Navigation System Gets Lost: an examination of a global navigation system in rental cars

24 Other Great Kids Spots: zoos, aquariums, parks, and other hot spots to take kids in the West

San Francisco Bay Area Food Tours

Turkey Fry: how to deep fry a national symbol

Hollywood, Calif.: a weekend escape in La La Land

Architect Paul Williams: Los Angeles’ profilic architect of the stars

Chip Conley: a hotelier with flair

Snowshoeing: a novice learns to stomp in the snow.

Low Fare Airlines: some carriers have cut costs and passed the savings along.

Audio Tapes: listen to books on tape while you drive.