Open to the Public

About the Book

    In her book Open to the Public, Linda Putney has given us a directory of over 200 worldwide training restaurants and hotels which are open to the public. Her listings include the names and addresses, telephone, fax number, days and hours of operation, type of cuisine, web sites, and other descriptive information supplied by the establishments. In addition, Ms. Putney has included some sample menus.
    In her research, the author found that most of these restaurants and hotels are booked early, and reservations are therefore usually needed. This information is also supplied in each listing.
    Although there are many fewer training hotels, Ms. Putney has unearthed them and included them in her book.
    This book is written for the value-seeker and traveler who enjoys eating out at a good price.

About the Author

In 1994, Linda Putney and her husband stumbled upon a training restaurant and hotel in Nimes, France. To their delight they had an exquisite meal at a very reasonable price. Thus began Linda's search for other such establishments. A sleuth by nature, and a teacher for 26 years, her recent retirement has provided more time to do the research.
Growing up eating good food in an Italian family, Linda now enjoys traveling, cooking, dining out and finding a good value. She and her husband and their two cats live in Bennington, Vermont.