Coral Sea – The world’s biggest protected marine park

Coral Sea to be home to world’s largest protected marine park Australia has the world’s biggest marine park. Coral Sea marine park would cover almost 1 million square km and would help protect fish, pristine coral reefs and nesting sites for sea birds and the green turtle. Add to this the site of fierce naval … Read more

Lanvin Petite Childrenswear celebrated with Cake Baking Contest

Lanvin Launches a Cake Baking Contest for Lanvin Petite Childrenswear! Online recipe contest for mothers and daughters to find the finest chocolate cake. To celebrate the arrival of the collection Lanvin Petite, Lanvin & Ritz Hotel Paris invite little girls and their mothers to participate in the best chocolate cake recipe contest. To enter the … Read more

Grand Prix d’Horlogerie 2011

Grand Prix d’Horlogerie 2011 – De Bethune DB28 awarded with the “Golden Hand” The avant-garde vision of the watchmaking art Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG) is intended to salute the excellence of worldwide horological production, and annually rewards the finest creations and the most important figures in the watchmaking world. The international jury of … Read more

Stilton Gold cheese bedecked in fleckes of gold

It’s Cheese. It contains Real Gold And it costs £60 per slice Stilton Gold Cheese for the 100th birthday of the award-winning cheese maker Long Clawson Long Clawson Dairy (founded in 1911) was looking for an innovative way to celebrate its 100th birthday.  In 2011 the company won several International Cheese awards. In September, the … Read more

Food Design: The most expensive artisan mince pie

December is the month of suprizes and “most expensive” experiments. Andrew Stellitano, who runs food design firm Astarism, created a £3,000 mince pie. The Christmas cookie was made for a pie workshop in a London shopping centre, where visitors can create their own “artisan” mince pies. Using a mix of traditional ingredients from recipes dating … Read more

The world’s biggest Koran

The world’s biggest Koran, decorated with precious stones and gold, costs 1 million euros and belongs to Russia. The world’s biggest Koran weighs 800 kilograms and boasts 632 pages sized two by one and a half meters. The gold- and silver-encrusted cover studded with malachite and semi-precious stones holds a giant turquoise 14 centimeters in … Read more