Category: Cigars & Spirits
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Go with plants. Vegetarian Harvard’s Healthy Eating Plate
Vegetarian Recipes for a Healthy Eating Plate Harvard’s Healthy Eating Plate has a new version, a meatless one. Acclaimed cookbook author Mollie Katzen and Harvard University Dining Services have cooked up this new vegetarian version. Cozy Red Lentil Mash, Thai Eggplant Salad with Coconut Tofu Strips, Garlic-Braised Greens and Roasted Squash with Pomegranate, “Simple Celery…
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Nordic culinary supremacy. The winners of the 2012 Bocuse d’Or Europe
‘Olympics’ of the food world: the winners for Europe Following a two-year winning streak, Rasmus Kofoed (Bocuse d’Or Europe 2010 and Bocuse d’Or 2011) will now be succeeded by Orjan Johannessen. Chef Orjan Johannessen, 26, of Norway was crowned the winner of 2012 Bocuse d’Or Europe, knowm as the ‘Olympics’ of the food world.…
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26th annual IAPC Cookbook Awards: The finalists
2012 finalists for 26th Annual IACP Awards The International Association of Culinary Professionals Cookbook Awards annually celebrates the most outstanding food and beverage publications. The awards program was created to encourage and promote quality and creativity in cookbook writing and publishing and to expand awareness of culinary literature. The IACP Cookbook Awards have become the…
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Elite dining: Elite Traveler’s World’s Top Restaurants
Elite Traveler’s Magazine presented its own version of World’s Top Restaurants Guide, in contrast with famed Restaurant magazine’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. The guide features 100 restaurants loved not just by the critics, but by the wealthy elite who spend their lives traveling the world and dining in style. By gathering the views, the magazine said it…
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Dampened by Spain and Japan, French foie gras exports looks confident to Middle East
Low Spanish and Japan sales in 2011 weigh on French foie gras exports, as the French producers reported a fell of 8 percent for last year. A small rise in sales within France, pegged at 1.1 percent in volume in supermarkets, however, meant that overall sales of French foie gras in 2011 were about flat,…
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China to ban public purchases of ‘High-End’ alcohol and cigarettes
Chinese government pledged to ban the use of public funds to buy cigarettes and “high- end” alcohol. “Corruption is the biggest danger facing the ruling party,” Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said, according to an official statement. “If not dealt with properly, the problem may change the nature of, or terminate, the political regime.” Wen Jiabao,…