Centrally located in the heart of old Sao Paulo on the west bank of the Tamanduateí River, the Municipal Market is a traditional meeting point for Paulistanos (locals) and a popular site for tourists. Known by city residents as the Mercadão (Big Market), the neo-classical stone building in which the
The Foreign Ministry and 30 foreign embassies in Hanoi hosted a food festival on January 24 in a bid to promote cultural exchange among nations and raise funds for orphans and the disabled. More than 4,000 people flocked to the event, where the embassies put on show the specialties and unique
The Cultural Innovation International Prize is a biennial competition organised by the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) with the aim of incentivising projects that explore the potential cultural scenarios of the coming years through research and practice. The first edition of the Prize ties in with the 20th
Modern, urban life often makes a ‘slow food’ approach to eating difficult. Urban life steers us towards food that is quick to get hold of , tasty and cheap. How we use food is deeply rooted in our cultural attitudes towards it. If we can understand what shapes our views on
Mention “Slow Food” and it’s hard not to think of a more affluent crowd of foodies and hipsters who have the luxury to think in highly intentional ways about how and what they eat. In fact, though, that’s an unfair stereotype and this is a movement that, among other things,
Something strange happens when all the cars leave an ordinarily busy road: you start looking at it in a completely different way. Many visitors to Open Streets Bree Street commented that it was almost surreal to see the road’s cycle lanes being used in the manner in which they were
Sidewalk vending is illegal in the City of Los Angeles, but that doesn’t stop an estimated 50,000 Angelenos from setting up shop in the streets. Their highly visible presence on downtown sidewalks, around parks and stadiums, and at bus stops, metro stations, and parking lots is a bold display of civil disobedience.The Los Angeles authorities
California’s regulations governing organic food waste became more stringent on September 28, 2014, as Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1826 into law. The law requires commercial generators of food waste to have it composted or transformed to energy via anaerobic digestion.The law will phase in starting in July 2015 on an incremental
The deadline for bidding for the first annual European Region of Gastronomy award closed on Monday 19 January 2015. The shortlisted regions will be announced on Friday 6 February 2015 at 11:00am, during a public presentation of their candidate proposals at the Palacete Villa Moraes in Ponte de Lima, in
Iraqi Minister of Tourism and Antiquities on Monday said that his country is seeking to restore the ancient ruin city of Babylon onto the UNESCO world heritage list. UNESCO earlier said that the U.S. troops and contractors inflicted considerable damage on the historic Iraqi site of Babylon, driving heavy machinery over
IGCAT’s Director gave the 2nd of a 3-part general tutorial to international students of the Master in Arts and Cultural Management at the International University of Catalonia on 19th January 2015. The general tutorials outline how to research, write and develop a feasible cultural project plan. Following the general tutorials the
When most people think American cuisine, they think pizza, hot dogs and hamburgers. While these are indeed staples across the country, every state has its own sense of flavor.You may not be surprised to learn that Maine is crazy about seafood. But would you have guessed that Utah has a
Models of production and sustainable tourism consumption, the role of technology in the universal accessibility of tourism, the future of tourism in Middle East and North of Africa, the tourism investments in Africa and the shopping tourism are only some of the issues approached in the activities that the UNWTO
A farm has started selling its milk directly to the public because the money it receives wholesale is “plummeting”. Jane Barnes has a licence from the Food Standards Agency to sell unpasteurised milk, sometimes known as raw milk, directly from her farm in Somerby, Leicestershire. She is aiming to …READ
Plzeň, known as the Czech capital of beer that gave the world Pilsner lager in 1842, has been officially inaugurated as the European Capital of Culture for 2015. An estimated 15,000 people gathered at the central Republic Square of the western Czech city on Saturday to watch the opening show.
In its simplest incarnation, a Späti is a convenience store. Open 24 hours, day and night, Spätis are an intrinsic element of Berlin’s cityscape. Pretty much exclusive to Berlin, except maybe Hypezig, there are over a thousand of them and the one commonality that they share is their uniqueness. With
