The ultra-premium beer served in stemless champagne flutes

Guinness launched a limited edition luxury beer that requires special glassware. The brewer is bringing a new level of elegance and artistry to the beer category with Guinness The 1759, a limited edition amber ale inspired by a 200 year old recipe. With only 90,000 bottles being produced, the new “Guinness The 1759″ is an … Read more

Investing in sustainable agriculture by converting farms to ‘beyond organic’

A San-Francisco based fund aims to target conventional farms and make them sustainable while providing high returns to investors. Can it work?

Women chefs can handle the heat in the kitchen but have no appetite for sexism

Blaming a lack of female chefs on archaic assumptions about their capabilities is as weak as perpetuating the excuses that allow certain chefs to behave so badly

Bloody Mary cocktail turns 80

Famed bartender Fernand Petiot of the St. Regis hotel perfected his recipe for the beloved Bloody Mary, St. Regis’ signature cocktail, at the King Cole bar in 1934. The St. Regis Hotel claims to have invented the tomato-vodka cocktail, called “the world’s most complex cocktail”. Deemed too racy a name for the hotel’s clientele, it … Read more

Epicurean Journeys of 2014: Spice blending is all about storytelling

The Luxury Collection Assouline Epicurean Journeys Book (Limited Edition). The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts unveiled its latest collaboration with Assouline, the publisher of the most sophisticated books in the world: Epicurean Journeys, a hardcover collection of original recipes by renowned chefs, including: Chef Jose Andres, Geoffrey Zakarian, Stephanie Le Quellec, Daniele Turco, Manjit Gill … Read more

Powerfully spicy hot: Patrón XO Cafe Incendio

Spicy and sweet, a staple of Mexican cuisine and an exciting culinary trend, is now a combination in an innovative fiery-hot chile chocolate liqueur Patrón XO Cafe Incendio. The alcoholic beverage combines the spicy, distinctive flavor of Mexican arbol chile with the rich, decadent essence of Criollo chocolate, brought together with the crisp, smooth taste of … Read more