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.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is urging tour operators from the 10-member states of the grouping to develop multi-country packages highlighting the so-called “experiential and creative tourism.”…READ MORE
The ecology, literature, culture, sustainable development and their convergence in Caribbean fiction will feature at LiTTribute to LondonTTown to take place in London on Monday (July 15). The symbolic and actual representations of nature in fiction from the section NaTTurescapes in LiTTscapes – Landscapes of Fiction from Trinidad and Tobago
By Kris Rampersad The ecology, literature, culture, sustainable development and their convergence in Caribbean fiction will feature at LiTTribute to London Town to take place in London on Monday (July 15). The symbolic and actual representations of nature in fiction from the section NaTTurescapes in LiTTscapes – Landscapes of Fiction
Food has gone digital, and how? Anything and everything you ever wanted to know about food is available on the go in the online space — from delicious recipes, health food tips, cooking videos to sharing your food experiences with friends, making table reservations and even ordering groceries. There are
By Nowness Every year on June 29, legions of locals and exuberant tourists congregate in the Spanish town of Haro, the wine capital of La Rioja, for the La Batalla del Vino festival. Celebrating el Día de San Pedro [the Day of St. Peter], the crowds douse each other in
By Isabella Zampetaki Curious to find out more about Mykonos’ culinary traditions, I pay a visit to Dimitris Roussounelos, writer, culinary explorer and gallery owner. As we sit next to a minimalist fish-themed installation in his shop, he opens a series of books to show me pictures of what life
By Matthew Lloyd (GETTY) Summer exhibition ‘elBulli: Ferran Adria and The Art of Food’, in partnership with Estrella Damm at Somerset House, London, England. The exhibition celebrates the global icon of gastronomy and the restaurant he built to become the world’s best, elBulli…. READ MORE
BY ANITA MENDIRATTA, CNN TASK GROUP/ETN Over the past two decades, the coming together of the wine industry and tourism has proven to be a perfect blend of economic sectors. The innate characteristics of wine lands make for natural points of attraction for travelers seeking the unique home-grown sights of
