Category: Gourmet
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Prunier and Yves Saint Laurent’s Love for Caviar – 2012 edition
Love 2012 – Simply the perfect balance and harmony between salt and roe. Since 1970, Yves Saint Laurent has been creating original drawings, inspired by the “sesame” word LOVE, which have become his greeting cards. Convinced by the quality of the Prunier caviar, Yves Saint Laurent accepted that each year one of his drawings be…
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Largest collection of old liquors in the world went up for sale
Dutchman to sell rare 250-year-old liquor collection 5,000 rare bottles of cognac, whisky, armagnac and other liquors, some dating back to the French Revolution, are to be sold for a total estimated price of six million euros. Dutch collector Van der Bunt, 63, inherited part of the collection from his father and grandfather and stored…
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Dining & skating: the pop-up menu at Plaza Athénée Paris
Paris hotel Plaza Athénée launches pop-up menu on miniature skating rink During the winter season Parisian Plaza Athénée’s Garden Courtyard is covered in ice to create an ice rink of almost 100 square metres. The ice rink gives children a safe place to skate (with an instructor who can even give them some tuition) while their…
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Fashion connections: Ladurée Macarons x Tsumori Chisato
Ladurée Macarons x Tsumori Chisato for the brand’s 150th anniversary Ladurée Macarons decided to honor the brand’s 150th anniversary by partnering with Japanese creator Chisato. The Paris-based pastry luxury shop created with the help of Tsumori Chisato a pink cherry-blossom-flavored macarons set, that includes also a candle inspired by the flower. Ladurée x Tsumori Chisato…
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Height Cuisine: Wine in the Sky
It is a fact that your senses react differently to food at 35,000 feet. Wine advisor, Andy Sparrow takes a few independent journalists (Sam Wylie-Harris and Craig Butcher) on a wine tasting journey aboard a British Airlines plane. They started at Heathrow Terminal 5 and ended on board one of BA flights. “Today is al…
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Nigel Slater’s tiny omelette and black-pudding frittata recipes
Whether you like them plain or stacked with delicious flavourings, it’s hard to beat a small, pan-sized omelette