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Little Richard ice cubes onboard the Upper Class bar When combined, imagination and technique produce the most entertaining products. How about cooling in-flight drinks with bespoke ice cubes cubes modeled after a head of a VIP. The bespoke ice cubes, which will be served on board one of the first flights of the Virgin Atlantic’s … Read more
At the Sotheby’s events around the world the auction house will serve its own champagne as Sotheby’s launced the first champagne brand from an auction house. Priced at $29.99 (a bottle) $69.95 ( a magnum), the Sotheby’s champagne is produced by French champagne house R & L Legras. The new “Own Label” Non-Vintage Champagne is made … Read more
James Beard Foundation Awards, the US’s most prestigious recognition program honoring professionals in the food and beverage industries, announced its 2012 winners. During a ceremony hosted by chef and television personality Alton Brown at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, awards in the Restaurant and Chef and the Design and Graphics categories were presented, as well … Read more
Andrea Bocelli, Drew Barrymore, Antonio Banderas, Francis Ford Coppola, and AC/DC, all have in common the involvement in the winemaking business. The new entrant in this business is singer Andrea Bocelli. “Please join us in celebrating the things that truly make a good life: food, friends, la famiglia – and of course, fantastic wine,” said … Read more
Saveur magazine, Modernist Cuisine and Los Angeles Magazine are the big winners of the 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards, known as the ‘Oscars’ of US culinary world. Nathan Myhrvold‘s six-volume culinary encyclopedia Modernist Cuisine won the “Cooking From a Professional Point of View” category and was named the “Cookbook of the Year”. Amanda Hesser’s site … Read more
The fifth annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic will return on Saturday, June 2 taking place this year at Liberty State Park. Known as one of the summer’s most unique and glamorous star-studded social events, the 2012 Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic will showcase the sport of polo with a new backdrop—less than 2,000 feet from the … Read more