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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Spanish Conceptual Gastronomy : a curatorial approach | Ryan Bromley in conversation with Shuddhabrata Sengupta, March 26th

Khoj is currently running the third edition of its Food Residency – a six-week residency that will focus on generating conversations around ‘food’. Apart from the discussions between the artists-in-residence, the residency aims to develop additional conversations around other food-related issues, such as the politics of food and food as

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20 March 2014
Blog
Diane Dodd

European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education adopts report on European gastronomic heritage: cultural and educational aspects

IGCAT fully endorses that the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education has adopted an own-initiative report by Santiago FISAS AYXELA (EPP, ES) on European gastronomic heritage: cultural and educational aspects. The report outlines both educational aspects and cultural aspects. This is a timely initiative and one that signals the

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19 March 2014
Experience Tourism
Diane Dodd

Tradition for Tomorrow – Celebrating Nordic Folk Music & Dance, Festival – Conference – Workshops20-23 August 2014 in Akureyri, Iceland

Tradition for Tomorrow presents Nordic music and dance through performances, workshops, jam sessions, lectures and discussions. Each Nordic country will present its best and brightest in 4 days and nights of non stop music making, dancing, teaching and discussing.  Tradition for Tomorrow provides a singular opportunity to enjoy and examine

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17 March 2014
Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Kuala Lumpur, a city tasting tour

From chicken satay and spicy ground mackerel or tamarind laksa soup, here’s a look at the best street food, markets, shops, and bars in the Malaysian capital. Malaysia is a melting pot of cuisines thanks to large populations of Chinese, Thai, Indian and indigenous Malay. To find all these cuisines, start

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17 March 2014
Blog
Diane Dodd

New concepts of cultural and creative tourism

The conference Città ri-visitate. Nuove idee e forme del turismo culturale (The city re-visited: New concepts and forms of cultural tourism) held in Bergamo, Italy on March 13th and 14th examined the rapidly changing nature of cultural tourism in Italy and the rest of Europe. A particular focus of attention

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15 March 2014
Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Delightfully Delicious Destination – RīGA 2014/2015

This is the third time that LIVE RīGA, in partnership with the CHEFS CLUB, is organising a gastronomical project called “Delightfully Delicious Destination – RīGA.” During the event, city residents and guests will be introduced to tasteful, delicious and modern cuisine from Riga and throughout Latvia. Throughout the year, Riga’s

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11 March 2014
Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Food truck movement in South Africa: gourmet trend on wheels

While growth in South Africa has been slow, as opposed to the mushroom-effect in the United States, there is a constant trickle of new trucks as the word spreads. Luca Castiglione runs the now famous Limoncello food truck in Cape Town and heads the informal Food Truck Association which serves

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11 March 2014
Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Riga Technical University International Summer School – Get Well City – workshops, lectures and more

Riga Technical University International Summer School 2014 opens for applications and announces this year’s theme — «Get Well City». It welcomes students and young professionals of architecture, urbanism and design, as well as related disciplines. What can rural towns offer for the well–being of their residents and visitors? Is clean air,

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11 March 2014
Blog
Diane Dodd

Gastronomy, tourism and culture converge in Berlin

Prof. Greg Richards, President of IGCAT, attended the recent ITB tourism fair in Berlin where there was plenty of evidence of the growing convergence between gastronomy, culture and tourism. A vast number of national and regional tourism stands were offering gastronomy-related tourism products (and many were of course also handing

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10 March 2014
Blog
Diane Dodd

La Mataró – craft beer linked to the Maresme

David Simon and Eva Rico Pachón visited IGCAT’s newly establish offices in Sant Pol de Mar to discuss the challenges of developing micro-businesses with new food markets. David and Eva have been producing high quality beer for several years and would like to expand however the costs are prohibitive for

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6 March 2014
Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Interview: Gaston Acurio at Casa Moreyra

Casa Moreyra is more than a restaurant, built in one of Lima’s smartest districts it’s a way of linking a whole mix of disciplines. From farming to fishing, avant-garde cuisine to informal family lunches and personally designed taste experiences.  A living space that houses 6 worlds and exemplifies better than anything

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5 March 2014
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