Thanh Nien News In order to show tourists the real Vietnam, a new platform called Withlocals.com connects travelers with the local population directly. The locals can become guides who offer various activities, tours, and even home dinner experiences to tourists. Because there is no intervention of big tourism agencies, the local population
Santa Monica Patch The Santa Monica Public Library will celebrate the seventh annual Green Prize for Sustainable Literature at a special event in September. “An Evening with Frances Moore Lappé: Celebrating Sustainable Literature and Food” is set for Thursday, Sept. 12, at 6:30 pm, in the MLK Jr. Auditorium at the
News Herald Participating vendors will be marked with a balloon in front of the establishment, according to a news release. Each featured store in the walk will feature a local artist or pink food item. When dining at restaurants taking part in the Art Walk, ask for the “Pink Drink” and a
Travel Daily News The MICHELIN Guide Tokyo Yokohama Shonan 2013 dished out its top rating of three stars to 14 Tokyo restaurants. The foodie ‘bible’ awarded 53 establishments with two stars and 175 eateries across Tokyo received one star ensuring that the city retained its title of the ‘World’s Gourmet
Lake County News-Sun There will be continuous music on two stages, ranging from gospel to reggae, hip-hop and line dancing. Indika Reggae Band will headline the Jamaicafest stage. Other performers will include Debra Larkins, Kenya Gray, Elizabeth Stewart, Sada, Sherri D and the North Shore Line Dancers, among others. There
Gulfnews.com Qantas proud to play a part in growing Dubai as a destination for Australian food lovers and holidaymakers. Qantas and Emirates, together with MasterChef Australia will showcase Dubai and its culinary experiences as the ‘world food week’ episodes of this season’s MasterChef series air from Sunday 11 August…READ MORE
Within the framework of the upcoming exhibition “The Politics and Pleasures of Food” HALLE 14, centre for contemporary art, invites visual artists from around the world to send their applications for a residency fellowship (September 1 – November 31, 2013), which includes among others travel expenses. Deadline: 5 August…. READ
BusinessMirrer Philippines THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is promoting six experiential and creative travel themes to encourage multi-country trips across Southeast Asia. The themed promotions are part of the implementation of the Asean Tourism Marketing Strategy 2012-2015. The themes include: “The Tastes of Southeast Asia,” “Asean, a Tropical Paradise”,
Brazil-Arab News Agency, São Paulo Her grandparents were Arab and when she was a child she watched her father João Paulo Basile, a Spaniard of Lebanese origin, practicing his favourite hobby: cooking. Graduated in architecture, Simone Mattar is currently one of the authorities in Brazil in gastronomy and art (food
Bloomberg Business Week The day El Celler de Can Roca was named World’s Best Restaurant, its website got 12 million hits. That’s according to Josep Roca, one of the three brothers who own the establishment in Girona, Spain. The waiting list for a table has grown to one year from 10
The Aucklander Back for the third year in a row, Restaurant Month has rapidly expanded to support the city’s passion for dining and food experiences. 2013 will see the month-long event infused with an international flavour. Restaurant Month events will include a theatrical Official Launch Party, a colourful street food market,
Travel Daily News TripAdvisor announced the results of its dining out survey of more than 1,600 U.S. respondents, revealing that more than half (52 percent) eat out 10 or more times during a typical one week trip. Travelers seek out the local culture on vacation, with 83 percent making it
Sabina Idayatova International Cake Day will be marked in Baku on July 20, the head of Azerbaijan National Culinary Center Tahir Amiraslanov has said. The event was organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, National Culinary Center, National Culinary Association and Azerbaijan National Aerospace Agency. The first celebration of the International
The largest food festival in Latin America will be slicing, dicing, baking, barbequing and revelling all things food for ten days this September as farmers, chefs, confectioners, food lovers and culinary experts descend on Peru for the annual gastronomic festival, Mistura. This year Mistura will coincide with the launch of Latin
Las Vegas Informer The two-day festival of world class music, food, art and learning in Downtown Las Vegas includes “Grills & Guitars” by Blue Ribbon Restaurants, “The Culinary Village” and “The Alchemy Garden.” “The food experiences of Life is Beautiful Festival were carefully designed to be interactive, innovative and unexpected,” says Jolene Mannina, Head of
Huffington Post Chris Bailey sees food not just as nourishment, but as a storytelling tool. A couple of years ago, he started Proxy Foods in Portland, OR. “My Company examines how we interact with a meal, an ingredient, an aroma,” Chris explains. Chris is dedicated to crafting unique food experiences.
