According to the report ‘Food Tourism 2014’, Spain leads the ranking at European level in which the cuisine is «a key factor» when choosing a destination. This report reflects the views of 389 tourism professionals in five countries. Of these, 66% believe that the culinary experiences of travelers are a
25 countries, thousands of domestic and foreign chefs and famous judges in the world… Culinary Professionals will come together in 29-31 January 2015 for the 13rd time at Tuyap Beylikdüzü, Istanbul, Turkey. The objective of the competition in International Istanbul Gastronomy Festival is to provide channels between Turkish Culinary Cultures and
Artificial intelligence, deep learning, big data, nutrigenetics, aeroponics and drones are just some of the emerging technology that will become commonplace and start to be linked to food over the coming years. We currently host 10 start-ups from 7 different countries, selected from among 220 candidates of 18 nationalities, for the
New York Times have scoured USA for recipes that evoke each of the 50 states (and D.C. and Puerto Rico) regarding thanksgiving …READ MORE
It’s all well and good to enjoy and appreciate a bottle of wine. It’s very well, indeed, to go to the winery and do some tastings at the cellar door. But it’s another thing entirely to taste a fine wine among the very vines that produced the fruit, or, better
Gastronomic Cities:City strategy on gastronomy as a tool for tourism and employment development is a Pilot Transfer Network within the framework of URBACT programme. The network,with 16 months of duration, involves 5 European cities through its municipalities: Fermo (Italy), Hospitalet de Llobregat (Spain), Alba Iulia (Romania) and Korydallos (Greece), leaded by
Are you interested in current topics around food, such as diminishing biodiversity or an increase in levels of obesity? And are you between 18-35 years old? Youth Food Movement (YFM) is offering an interactive learning programme to further knowledge about making our food chain more sustainable. This interactive programme lasts
There’s a lot of talk about the combined problems of food waste , obesity and, paradoxically, unprecedented hunger, but nobody has been able to put food politics into perspective as succinctly as Oxfam America. With an aim to raise awareness of issues of poverty and injustice throughout the globe, Oxfam staff
In 2005, the tourism body for Providence, Rhode Island, discovered that it desperately needed a brand refresh and successfully turned itself into a New England culinary hub with chefs and new restaurants concepts attracting visitors for foodie trips. Now, a decade later, Providence is realizing that food alone isn’t enough
Dubai’s emergence as a gastronomy destination will be celebrated with the 2015 return of the Dubai Food Festival, a 22-day programme of events, activities and mall & restaurant activations created to highlight the diverse food offering of the emirate, from 5-star gourmet to quality street food; international brands to a
The mysterious French graphic designer duo known to the public only as “Quentin and Thomas” have become underground internet celebrities for their visually amusing depictions of hamburgers.The photos on Fat & Furious Burger are all designed and taken during the course of their lunch break. They’re not food photographers or chefs.
Caceres was chosen to be the Spanish Capital of Gastronomy for the year 2015, by the Spanish Federation of Hospitality and the Spanish Federation of Journalists and Travel Writers (FEPET). Therefore Caceres from the 1st of January will substitute Vitoria as Spain Gastronomic capital…READ MORE.
Next weekend, brothers Giancarlo and Ugo Lussiana will travel to Turin from the Sangone valley to the north, carrying several wheels of their own cheese, Cevrin di Coazze. A rare raw milk cheese, only produced between March and November and aged for a minimum of three months, when perfectly ripe
Lima the capital city of Peru is emerging as a new global culinary epicenter. Kevin West meets the ingenious chefs who aren’t just inventing new ways of eating but are using food to forge a national identity…Read More.
The American photographer Hannah Whitaker recently visited seven countries and photographed children of different nationalities to enjoy their breakfast. Meals included cold cereals, ham, cheese and boiled potatoes to lentils and rice! «Breakfast’s success lies in it’s multiculturalism but also to the fact that we have constantly to re-imagine, creating diverse
The tastes of Europe’s regions and cities should be better promoted and protected through EU support. This was the conclusion of a seminar by the EPP Group in the Committee of the Regions, which took place during OPEN DAYS: European Week of Regions and Cities. Quality and consumer choice were
