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• • 22.09.2010

    Sotheby's to retail wine on-line

    On September 20, the renowned auction house Sotheby's launched an online retail wine store. SothebysWine.com promises "the same exacting stan...

  • 12.09.2010

    New York street food goes gourmet

    Carrot buns, lemon macaroons, golden veal cutlets and tamarind ice cream spiked with balsamic vinegar are taking New York by storm, as street cart...

  • 30.08.2010

    Israeli winery is changing the world of kosher wine

    The wines produced at Domaine Du Castel near Jerusalem have turned the world of Kosher wine on its head, winning accolades from around the world,...

  • 07.07.2010

    New cookbooks: one-pot wonders to Le Cordon Bleu techniques

    New cookbooks are continually hitting the market and here is a sneak peek at the internationally acclaimed cooking school Le Cordon Bleu's two new...

  • 25.06.2010

    Obama tries burger diplomacy with Medvedev at "Ray's Hell-Burger"

    Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev dodged the formality of a US-Russia summit Thursday, slipping out of the White House to visit one of t...

  • 20.06.2010

    Five ways to open a wine bottle without a corkscrew

    It's inevitable that at some point you will find yourself staring at a bottle of wine without a corkscrew in site. On June 14, wine guru Jancis Ro...

  • 05.06.2010

    Ferran Adria to open new eatery in Barcelona

    World-renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adria on Friday announced he would open a new restaurant in Barcelona with his brother, although it would be le...

  • 12.05.2010

    Ducasse creates Italian summer in Monaco

    On May 12 renowned chef Alain Ducasse will open La Trattoria - Sporting Monte-Carlo, a new al fresco seasonal dining experience that overlooks Jim...

  • 28.04.2010

    Fraud alert over Bordeaux wine futures

    Concerns are growing in some wine industry circles that a few rogue Chinese wine traders may be mounting a wine scam, just as the 2009 Bordeaux fu...

  • 12.04.2010

    The World’s 50 Best Restaurants

    The S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2010 will be held on Monday 26th April at the historic Guildhall in the City of London, in th...

• • 22.09.2010

    Changing times for China's mooncakes

    It's the staple treat of China's Mid-Autumn Festival and legend has it that it was once used in an attempt to bring down an empire. But the humble...

  • 03.09.2010

    'Eataly' temple to Italian cuisine opens in New York

    From mozzarella made on the premises to a cooking school, bookstore and seven restaurants, the sprawling "Eataly" food emporium opened i...

  • 08.08.2010

    Shipwrecked champagne good, but not ours: Veuve-Clicquot

    A two-century-old bottle of champagne found in a shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic tastes great but is not from the house of Veuve-Clicquot, a...

  • 06.07.2010

    Chengdu aims to become next gourmet hotspot

    Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province -- a region known as the 'land of abundance' for its produce and famous for its beloved pandas -- plans t...

  • 23.06.2010

    Food transmedia: Food information explosion

    When the iPad launched, the press rumbled about how foodie applications would come in the plenty, then numerous blogs and even big media started t...

  • 10.06.2010

    Danish chef Kofoed wins the Bocuse d’Or Europe

    The Bocuse d’Or Europe, which was held in Geneva this year, has crowned Danish chef Rasmus Kofoed. He had won the bronze and silver medals in the...

  • 17.05.2010

    Acker Merrall & Condit offers "Asia's largest" fine wine sale in Hong Kong

    The fine wine market in Hong Kong is already the second largest in the world -- outside New York -- and international auction houses seemed determ...

  • 10.05.2010

    Haute cuisine at bargain prices in France

    Following the footsteps of New York’s restaurant week, France will be starting, for the first time, a bargain week where restaurants will be offer...

  • 28.04.2010

    Danish restaurant Noma has taken first place from Spain's El Bulli World's 50 Best Restaurants 2010 list

    The restaurant in Copenhagen, run by head chef Rene Redzepi and his team, jumped from third to first place in the 2010 list, unveiled tonight at t...

  • 05.04.2010

    Scientists scent breakthrough in truffle trafficking

    One of Europe's gastronomic jewels, the fabled black Perigord truffle, has been genetically unravelled, a feat that could doom fakers who pass off...