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

Mandarin Oriental Paris Suites designed by Sybille de Margerie

Mandarin Oriental, Paris introduced 39 elegant suites, designed by French interior designer Sybille de Margerie. The Luxurious Suites include seven duplex suites located on the seventh and eighth floors of the hotel, each with their own private terraces with views of the rooftops and monuments of Paris. Each suite was imagined by Sybille de Margerie … Read more

Bulgari Hotels to open London Knightsbridge property in April

Bulgari London Hotel is set to open in April. This will be the third hotel of the luxury brand, joining Bulgari’s properties in Milan (open since 2004) and Bali (2006). Bulgari says the 85-room property– a joint venture with Marriott International – will be the first luxury new-build hotel to open in the capital in … Read more

Versace for H&M follow-up collection – on sale online this January

The story goes on: the spring pre-collection designed by Donatella Versace for H&M available this January A follow-up to the current Versace for H&M collection will go on sale online this January.  The line will include, according to British newspaper The Mirror, gold strappy sandals, fruit print bikinis and berry patterned hotpants. The news of … Read more