Nancy Silverton My Favorite Hotels

Silverton began her career in a vegetarian kitchen in Sonoma, California. And though she trained in Europe, both at Le Cordon Bleu in London and Lenotre Culinary Institute in Plasir, France, she inevitably brought her talents back to the left coast. In 1989 she opened Campanile on La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles, and not long after, La Brea Bakery next door.

Her latest ventures, Pizzeria Mozza and Osteria Mozza, have become perennial favorites — five years since opening, you’re still likely face a two hour wait. It’s well worth it, of course, but if you are looking to cheat the system, Silverton has given away many of the restaurant’s secrets in her new Mozza Cookbook, published by Knopf.

We asked Nancy to share a few of her favorite hotels, and she happily obliged. Consider the occasional dining recommendation icing on the cake.

 Sunset Marquis
“Once a year I take a vacation to the city where I live, Los Angeles. My favorite place for this getaway is the Sunset Marquis, located on a quiet street off the not-so-quiet Sunset Strip. Once inside this two-story hotel, it is like you are far away from the hustle and bustle of the town. There are two pools to enjoy and a rocking bar that gets going late at night. The rooms are very large and secluded. So secluded that the Sunset Marquis is as much as hideaway as a getaway.”