Vitamin Daily

It may not fit in our suitcase, but Taschen’s massive guide to New York City sure is easy on the eyes.

Globe-trotting publisher Angelika Taschen has gathered all her insider tips into a fabulous coffee table book highlighting the hotels, restos and shops favoured by swish New Yawkers. More than a pretty face, it also reveals how to get a great table at The Waverley Inn, where Robert De Niro might be spotted sipping espresso (The Greenwich) and who boasts the biggest bath tubs in town (The Mercer).

TASCHEN’s New York, $26.30 at Amazon.ca