Smells delicious

By Chris Erskine

Oct. 14, 2007 12 AM PT

Few “one of kind” experiences turn out to be unique after all, but this one smells like the real deal. Rosewood Hotel & Resorts is pairing food and perfume in a series of “scent dinners” during the next month in Santa Fe, N.M.; Dallas; New York; and Los Cabos, Mexico. The dinners, limited to about a dozen participants, are hosted by chefs at each site and by Chandler Burr, author of “The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession and the Last Mystery of the Senses.” Burr and the chefs will match up perfumes with dishes such as free-range suckling pig and “mezquite” baked baguette (see, we told you it was different). Prices vary by location -- $140 per person in Santa Fe and $200 in New York, not including tax and gratuity. Info: (888) ROSEWOOD (767-3966) or www.rosewoodhotels.com.

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Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine is a nationally known humor columnist and editor who retired from the Los Angeles Times in 2020. Previously he wrote for the Sports, Travel and Saturday sections and edited with the paper’s features staff. As an editor, he has been a part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams at The Times (for his graphics work on the Northridge quake and the North Hollywood bank robbery). He is best known to readers for his weekly humor pieces on life in suburban Los Angeles. His latest book, “Daditude,” released in 2018, is a collection of his favorite Times columns on fatherhood. He has written two other books, “Man of the House” and “Surviving Suburbia,” which reached the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. The Chicago native has also worked for papers in New Orleans and Miami.

Smells delicious

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