The upcoming Madrid Fusión Manila is an opportunity for the capital of the Philippines to retake its place as one of the gastronomical destinations in Asia. This is the statement of Department of Tourism secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. at the press conference of Madrid Fusión Manila in Fairmont Makati on
Sum of Us have just received a letter from a major corporate agribusiness firm threatening legal action unless they stop their campaign to save the bees. The letter came from a contractor for Bayer, one of the biggest producers of bee-killing pesticides in the world — which means they could be facing
A hotel in Holborn has become the venue for the first Slow Food market to set up in London. The Slow Food movement began in Italy 25 years ago, dedicated to promoting locally produced food, using traditional techniques, and providing an alternative to mass-produced fast food. The new market is
Aarhus often lives in the shadows of Copenhagen, but Denmark’s second-largest city no longer has to take a back seat when it comes to its food scene. Three Aarhus restaurants were given Michelin stars Thursday as the first ever Michelin Nordic Cities guide was presented in Stockholm. READ MORE…
The Flow Hive is a new beehive invention that promises to eliminate the more laborious aspects of collecting honey from a beehive with a novel spigot system that taps into specially designed honeycomb frames. Invented over the last decade by father and son beekeepers Stuart and Cedar Anderson, the system
Witth only two states left, Yana Gilbuena – founder of The Salo Project – has nearly reached her goal of bringing Filipino food to all fifty states in fifty weeks in the form of pop-up dinners. «It started out as a hobby that consumed me,» said Gilbuena, who describes herself
The report «Trends in flavors’ of McCormick and Ducros is at the forefront of identifying new trends and opinions of ingredients that drive the flavors into a new future. Created by an international team of experts composed of McCormick chefs, culinary professionals, experts in trends and food technologists, ‘Trends in
Overcoming hunger and malnutrition in the 21st century no longer means simply increasing the quantity of available food but also the quality. Despite numerous achievements in the world’s food systems, approximately 805 million people suffer from chronic hunger and roughly two billion peoples suffer from one or more micronutrient deficiencies
People on the Internet tend to freak out about all things cute and tiny, from babies to animals to babies who are friends with animals. But now, there’s a new addition to this genre: videos of people making tiny edible food creations on YouTube. We’ve just discovered this trend of making
Bread has always been at the heart of human history – we’ve been baking it for the best part of 10,000 years. But over the past decade there has been an explosion of people reporting problems with eating it. How could wheat, a staple food that has sustained humanity for
More than 1,300 French dinners will be served at restaurants and embassies across the five continents for a special event on Thursday, March 19. Under the patronage of France’s foreign ministry and Michelin-starred chef Alain Ducasse, «Goût de France / Good France» is intended as a celebration of French cuisine,
The broad business portfolio of the companies exhibiting at Food Ingredients was disconcerting. Omya, based in Hamburg, described itself as “a leading global chemical distributor and producer of industrial minerals”, supplying markets in food, pet food, oleochemicals, cosmetics, detergents, cleaners, papers, adhesives, construction, plastics and industrial chemicals. At Frankfurt, Omya
Ferran Adrià, the world’s leading chef, pointed out yesterday that «the union of tourism and gastronomy is the key for an economic development.» Adrià inaugurated at the Real Casino Antiguo and with the mayor of Castellon, Alfonso Bataller, the Innovation Space exhibition, an interactive space to disclose the value of creativity
It has came to light that the companies who loom over dairy farmers regularly and unfairly capitalize on them. In an attempt too eradicate this exploitation, local milk farmers in Greece founded a cooperative called “Θες Γάλα, Πιες!” which means “Thes Gala, Pies!” – “Do you want milk, Drink!” in
The strategies of some of America’s largest packaged foods companies appear to be running up against their shelf life.companies have had a variety of headwinds to contend with recently, including a strong dollar that has made their products more expensive abroad and the high price of cheese and beef. Those, though, are the kind of
On Wednesday 4th February 2015, 09.30-17.00 GMT, London (UK), HRH Prince of Wales’ International Sustainability Unit (ISU) has convened an international meeting on “Food in an Urbanised world: The role of City Region Food Systems in resilience and sustainable development.” Bringing together a diverse group of stakeholders from around the world, including
