Mexico City is hosting groups from 87 countries at the 2014 Culturas Amigas Fair, which was inaugurated by the capital’s mayor, Miguel Angel Mancera, earlier this weekend. This year’s fair is being presented in the Zocalo, Mexico City’s largest plaza. “This plaza today represents what we all desire, which is world peace.
What is territory? What is a great product? What does culture of gastronomy mean? These are simple questions an event that has been going on the gourmet calendar every year has been trying to answer: Le Strade della Mozzarella (Mozzarella Roads). Three days of meetings, discussions, contaminations, rielaborations of an
The City of Sydney is calling on businesses, retailers and property developers to make more than 1.6 million square metres of empty commercial and residential space across the city available to artists for creative activities. Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the policy was the result of a major consultation program last
From 6 to 8 June 2014, Andorra will sound much better!… with Andorra Red Music,a new festival that combines good music and good wine in exceptional surroundings at the heart of Andorra la Vella’s historical centre. Andorra Red Music is an event of musical styles like el R&B, Pop and Reggae, Rock,
We are pleased to announce the release of the e-book ‘Creative Districts Around the World’ by Lénia Marques and Greg Richards. The e-book and the companion website may be useful as a research and teaching resource for those interested in the creative development of cities and the role of creative
New York City didn’t invent the restaurant. That honor goes to France, and even in the United States, the earliest-known restaurant was in Boston — Julien’s Restorator, which opened in 1794. But it didn’t take long for New York to catch up. In 1810, the city directory listed five free-standing “victualling houses.”
US drinkers have for the first time overtaken the French as the world’s No. 1 wine consumers, a report showed on Tuesday, with Americans developing a greater and more refined taste for France’s national beverage. According to the report released by the International Vine and Wine organization,OIV, US consumers bought
The 5th International Euro-Mediterranean Conference (EuroMed 2014), devoted to Cultural Heritage (CH), is being held on the 3rd-8th of November at the entrance of the ancient Amathus city, by Limassol, in Cyprus island. EuroMed brings together researchers, policy makers, professionals and practitioners to explore some of the more pressing issues concerning cultural heritage today. In particular, this
The European Commission launches an open online consultation on the revision of the Europe 2020 strategy, with the objective of informing the review of the Europe 2020 strategy and seeking citizens’ views on its further development. The consultation deals with a wide range of topics and policy areas: Economic and
The first eco-gastronomy congress was jointly organized by the Municipality of Cittaslow Gökçeada, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (ÇOMÜ), and the South Marmara Development Agency in Gökçeada. 39 presentations were delivered at 7 sessions. The congress was spiced up by the workshops intended to get the participants to meet new tastes. Moreover,
Lima, May 05. The traditional Peruvian cuisine will be applying to become an Intagible Cultural Heritage next year as it merits its place on the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO)’s landmark list. The idea started with remarks of the country’s Deputy Minister of Culture and Cultural Industries,
Picasso’s sangria, Emily Dickinson’s gingerbread, Frida Kahlo’s red snapper, and other delectable delights from beloved artists and writers. Art historian, literature scholar and professor Mary Ann Caws constructs an “amalgam of literary passages, recipes, still-lifes, photographs and film frames” related to food, featuring contributions from such icons of modern art and modernist literature
As our world shrinks into a “global village” thanks to a surge in technology and travel options, a rising middle class with higher disposable incomes and a deep-rooted quest for something bigger, better, more interesting and authentic, travel operators around the world are scrambling to redefine luxury travel. Luxury, for today’s
The community group was formed in 2008 by the late Jackson L. Burnside III and his wife Pam following an inspiring visit to Santa Fe to attend a UNESCO Creative Tourism Conference. On their return, they invited a group of Bahamians, passionate about their country, to join them in showcasing
According to The Budapest Observatory: “Haute cuisine and universities are bordering culture proper, thus we found it justified to check the standing of our area east-central European area on two recently published rank lists. I wish we had not done so. We are absent from the top 100 best restaurantsand the top 100
