Barcelona Gothic Quarter Sushi is so cool. It looks cool on its little plates all compact and colorful, the red tuna against the white rice. You look cool too, when you are eating sushi, that is, if you know how to use chopsticks (eating sushi with a fork is not so cool…).
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Asian Restaurants in Barcelona: Stylish Sushi
Feast Bistro's Pulled Pork Sandwich is a menu staple in Ojai, California Pulled Pork Sandwich a Feast Bistro Staple “Don’t mess with the pulled pork sandwich,” says Feast Bistro Chef Susan Coulter. The pulled pork sandwich is a menu staple at Feast Bistro and I can understand why. The Memphis-style pulled pork sandwich ($10) features slow roasted barbequed pork, topped with tangy cole slaw and served with french fries. Wild Mushroom Ravioli in a Tomato Cream Sauce at Feast Bistro in Ojai, Caifornia Wild Mushroom Ravioli Feast Bistro specializes in new American cuisine
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Feast Bistro, Ojai, California
The San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards were held on Monday night in London. Once again, Spain showed that it remains king of the culinary hill, boasting three out of the top five restaurants, writes Sommelier India correspondent, Harshal Shah .
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Taj Hotels’ Wasabi among World’s Top restaurants
Le Kebabiere, a new contemporary-style Indian restaurant in Pune’s hip Koregaon Park environs, has specially selected wines to offer diners, which make enjoyable food and wine pairings, writes Sommelier India correspondent, Brinda Gill . “You can close your eyes and order these wines”, says Executive Chef Shailendra Kekade, Le Kebabiere, of the wines in the Cellar Selection of the recently launched Indian restaurant designed in vibrant colours and contemporary style.
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A Winsome Indian Offering for Pune Wine Lovers
We, in the wine industry as part of our daily rituals in prayer and salutation to the gods of excise and customs, say a word of thanks to the slowly developing core of wine drinkers who, along with our tireless attitudes and optimistic energies, help propel this industry forward to the dizzy heights we know it can achieve. Cleve Washington , both surprised and gratified, reports on the launch of the FWM Club in Lucknow.
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Fine wine finds Lucknow – a city of wine lovers
I had first learnt about Yarra Valley when I was in hotel management school but I must confess that reading about it in college and actually being there are two incomparable experiences! writes Jyoti Balani Left: The Chateau Yering Historic House which dates back to 1854 and is a heritage property
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On the Yarra Valley wine trail
Talk about shattering preconceptions about wine. “Steven Spurrier’s take on the current wine scenario is that the French are drinking less wine, the Chinese can’t get enough and that India is the next big market,” writes Parvathi Nayar . The setting was the wine dinner held at the Sheraton Park, Chennai.
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An Evening with Steven Spurrier in Chennai
The International Food & Drink Expo India 2010 received good news earlier this month with two key international trade associations confirming their support. Sopexa , responsible for promoting French food and beverage companies in potential export markets, organised a modest participation in the inaugural 2009 edition, but expect to deliver an increasednumber of exhibitors this year.
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The International Food & Drink Expo India 2010
The tale has often been told of Benjamin Wenberg who created a fabulous new dish at Delmonico’s restaurant in NYC sometime in the 1870s. The punch line revolves around how Charles Delmonico changed the name to Lobster Newberg to spite Wenberg after the two men had an argument
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Who invented … lobster Newberg?
He certainly wasn’t from the same category of eaters as James Beard , yet both Beard and Andy Warhol celebrated American cuisine, even in its more humble pancake/sandwich/ barbecue forms. Warhol was a typical American eater in many regards. He was conservative about his food, preferred simple dishes, and was happy eating in front of the TV.
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Good eaters: Andy Warhol
Mark Twain, the American author, wrote in 1897 that “The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated”. On the same lines I would aver that while it is ailing, reports about the imminent demise of the Indian wine industry are somewhat premature, writes Sommelier India columnist, Alok Chandra.
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Is the Indian Wine Industry dying?
Half way through Vinitaly 2010 and my teeth already need re-enamelling! The two great tastings yesterday were the 12 ‘Blue Chip’ wines of Italy – a computer-generated list looking at the total production of a wine, its price and its market share. Harshal Shah tells us about some of the wines he tasted.
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Blue Chip Wines of Italy tasted
Educators should consider using this guide book in a college class on American History. Not only would every student receive an A+ for the course, but each one would change their major to American History. Wow! This book is chock-full of stunning color photography that captures the heart and soul of a diverse nation.
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Insight Guides United States on the Road Review
La Bamba's trademark Have I ever told you the story of how bean burritos became my comfort food? This was not a term on my radar screen until I wrote an article for Fast Casual on the topic, and analysts and marketing experts were saying comfort foods are things that remind you of good times. As in childhood, usually: visions of mom’s peanut butter and jelly sandwiches or grandma’s fried chicken that fill your soul and not just your stomach
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La Bamba: Burritos as Big As Your Head in Indianapolis
We were delighted to be invited to see where Virginie Duroc-Danner manufactures her hand-made chocolates. And there were lots of them! With all those colours and tastes, it was a perfect subject for we chocoholics. Come take a look… photos : JasonW Virginie’s mini chocolate factory is in the Paris subrbs, and we were so motivated that we went there on our bikes! Actually we took the train there and cyced back on our bikes, hoping to use up some of the calories! You can check out our photos below.
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Our visit to Virginie’s little chocolate factory
The blog’s taking a few days off (back next Thursday), but during that time we’ll be revisiting some of the photos we’ve taken over the years for you. Today, our Art Nouveau exploration in the 16th arrondissement… photos : JasonW We had a great time exploring the leafy streets of the 16th arrondissement for buildings by Guimard and others (including – to be fair – some art déco too).
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When we went in search of Art Nouveau in Paris
For all the talk about wine being good for your health, a new study finds that wine even small amounts of alcohol consumption harms Indians. These findings are based on a study covering 4,400 drinkers and an almost equal number of non-drinkers (the control group) in 10 cities by doctors from AIIMS, Centre for Chronic Diseases, Public Health Foundation of India and Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
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Is drinking red wine bad for Indians? You make the call
“As we are five cousins, of the third generation of the Dal Cero family, involved with wine production at our family winery, we are sure about the quality of our wines”, said Francesca Dal Cero, Export Manager, Dal Cero F.lli Società Agricola, at an informal and enjoyable wine tasting evening on 4th March 2010 at Taj Blue Diamond, Pune, writes Brinda Gill. Right: Nico Dal Cero, Sneha Chavan (Kiara Wines), Sandip Mukherjee (General Manager, Taj Blue Diamond Hotel), Francesca Dal Cero, Ravish Ahuja (Kiara Wines), and Shonal and Sajjid Chinoy .
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Fine Italian Wines from Dal Cero, a Pune tasting
It is a succession of bizarre and unconventional scenes that is proposed by Bettina Rheims in the main exhibition gallery of BnF.
C’est un portrait étrange, bizarre et décalé que Bettina Rheims présente dans la Grande Galerie de la BnF. Écumant les sites les plus inattendus et mystérieux de la capitale, elle chemine au fil d’une fiction, conçue avec la complicité de l’écrivain Serge Bramly. Ce sont les aventures d’une « Fantomas » féminine, apparaissant, se déguisant et disparaissant, dans un Paris en noir et blanc que raconte ainsi la photographe
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Exposition Bettina Rheims et Serge Branly Rose, C’est Paris à la BnF du 8 avril au 11 juillet 2010