Alain Ducasse brings 200 chefs and 300 Michelin stars at his Mediterranean cuisine summit

Alain Ducasse brings 200 chefs and 300 Michelin stars to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Louis XV Legendary French chef Alain Ducasse is celebrating the 25th anniversary festivities of the flagship Monegasque restaurant “Le Louis XV” with a Mediterranean cuisine summit. “Le Louis XV” is the famous restaurant where chef Ducasse received his first … Read more

Art and cooking: Massimo Bottura crowned the best chef in Italy for the second time

Best chef in Italy; Best Restaurant of the country Modena’s Osteria Francescana has the best chef in Italy. The recently renovated restaurant, holder of three Michelin stars, is the gourmet temple for Massimo Bottura, crowned by food guide Guida Espresso 2013 the best chef in Italy for the second time. Chef Massimo Bottura, wich signature … Read more

Cook it Raw: World’s most celebrated, avant-garde chefs descended on Suwalki region of Poland

Cook it Raw: Restoring pride in local culinary traditions Kindziuk or smoking meat inside a pig’s stomach was a Polish gastronomic ritual that died before the Second World War, and was never revived. Smoked vendace fish, herbal honey, Polisj breads, and sekacz were also on the list of the internationally renowned chefs that participated at … Read more

Modernist Cuisine’ was named Cookbook of the Year at the James Beard Foundation Awards

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