After Cáceres was bestowed the title os Spanish Capital of Gastronomy last year, a position which it has held from 1 January 2015, the time has come to announce a new winner for the forthcoming year. And the judging was tough, but after beating entrants such as Huelva, Toledo has
Carlo Petrini, the internationally lauded Italian founder of the Slow Food movement, is on a mission. He envisions a future where no one goes hungry, where land ownership is fair, and where growers’ traditional crops become prized foodstuffs for nations of gastronomes. He lays out the reasons — and the
Around the globe, Peruvian cuisine is bang on trend, tantalizing international taste buds and drawing the attentions of enthusiastic foodies and food industry professionals alike. As a reflection of the blessings it can being to the gourmet’s table, for the past three years in a row, Peru has been crowned
Minho and Catalunya launched their programs for 2016 when they will hold the title European Region of Gastronomy, at an event held at ExpoMilan 2015. Francisco de Calhieros presented Minho’s programme and emphasied how the award has helped them to convince competitive towns to collaborate together and builda regional identity. Patrick Torrent,
Galway was officially announced as a candidate to become designated European Region of Gastronomy 2018 last Tuesday at a stakeholder briefing attended by in excess of 100 participants in the Galway Bay Hotel.The briefing was addressed by a number of key speakers and included a workshop which will inform Galway’s
The four Irish finalists of the 2015 European Destination of Excellence (EDEN) Awards are today joining Fáilte Ireland to demonstrate Ireland’s food appeal to the Italian media at EXPO Milan 2015.The Burren Food Trail, the So Sligo Food Trail, the Cong Food Village and the producers of the West Waterford
When former chef Adam Smith opened a small cafe in Britain’s industrial north two years ago, serving up dishes with food destined for the scrap heap, he had big aspirations: To fight global food waste. «From day one I set out to feed the world and I intend to do that,»
According to SUMOFUS….the active ingredient in the world’s most widely used weed killer, Monsanto’s Roundup, has just been classified as “probably carcinogenic to humans» by the World Health Organization. The evidence against glyphosate, the dangerous ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, is mounting and the bio-tech giant is furiously scrambling to discredit
Wine Art VAS is a company created by Sofia and Natalia Vas. As an artists, they have collaborated on different projects for years, but recently they gathered their passions for art and wine and have created Wine Art VAS, a new project that have them embarked on this new adventure
A project designed to certify and standardise meals made to suit special health and nutrition needs of tourists and other people staying in tourist, health and rehabilitation facilities, called Healthy Meal Standard, was launched in Zagreb earlier this week. The said meal standardisation project, devised by its owner, 29-year-old Diana
WTM London and the World Food Travel Association (WFTA), the world’s leading authority on food and drink tourism, have partnered to bring the Association’s food travel expertise to this year’s show delegates. “We’re delighted to have the opportunity to bring food travel education to WTM. Food and drink have become
One of the best ways to get to know a place is through its food, and it’s increasingly easy for travelers to experience firsthand the foraging trend popularized by chefs like René Redzepi of Copenhagen’s Noma. We dug up an array of cooking schools, hotels and passionate locals offering tours
In a world in which the abundance of mass communication has ensured greater access to cultures, cuisines, relationships; diplomatic actions become increasingly visible. Cultural knowledge brings us closer as we embrace both the differences and the similarities that exist between countries. When clients feel their heritage is respected, their religious
For a meal in London, Paris or Rome that’s worthy of its setting, skip the laminated menus, dodge the tourists and head to one of these authentic favorites. Travelers plan their entire vacations around visiting the great monuments and cultural meccas of Europe, from the Colosseum and the Eiffel Tower to the
A dispute over protecting geographically based food names like ‘gouda’ and ‘gorgonzola’ is the latest sticking point in the Asia-Pacific trade talks. Feta is Greek. Gouda is Dutch. But both are also as Wisconsin as it gets. In the heat of the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, a raging debate has broken
Judith Fertig’s new cookbook, «Bake Happy» (Running Press; 2015), is full of sweets that make you smile. Picture rainbow cake layered with robin’s egg blue frosting, homemade versions of colored sprinkles, Citrus-Cardamom Twinkies and lavender-flavored souffles baked in teacups.[…] When it comes to serving sweets, containers count: According to a 2012
