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Top 5 wine tours in Italy
Some of the best things to come from Italy: Leonardo da Vinci, the Fiat 500, pizza, limoncello, Dolce & Gabbana and wine, lots of wine. What better time to travel to this delicious destination than in the Autumn for grape harvesting – you never know it could be a vintage year!Grape
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Recipe of the week: Fresh tuna tartar with wasabi ice cream and soya and passion fruit sauce
This weeks recipe is a refreshing delicacy from the heart of the Algarve. The fresh bluefin tuna melts in the mouth, perfectly complementing the smooth creaminess and spicy bite of wasabi ice cream. This dish is served with two beautifully contrasting sauces, sweet passionfruit and sharp sal
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5 ways to indulge in London during October
Are you planning a visit to London this month? The month of October in England’s capital city isnt just about dressing up as a pumpkin and eating witches’ broth from a cauldron there are some far more sophisticated pursuits on offer. Here are some of the best, from cocktail tast
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Paris is for lovers...
A kaleidoscopic city of dreamy nostalgia, culinary wonders and effortless brilliance, Paris is both enchanting and inspiring. You can walk across it in a matter of hours, fall for its charms in minutes and feel the need to return. Constantly.
Afterall, Paris is for lovers… of art.
No m
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Top 10 European restaurants in Hong Kong
Mention Hong Kong and food, and tiny morsels of delicately packed dim sum in light bamboo baskets spring to mind. That should come as no surprise – situated at the Southeastern tip of Canton, Hong Kong has some of the world’s best Cantonese cuisine. But many visitors (and locals
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Two October foodie events on Mallorca
October is a great month for visiting Mallorca particularly if youre a foodie. There’s lots of room on the beaches, the sea is warm, the island is lush and green, and there are two upcoming events that could tempt you to book a last minute short break on the Spanish island, which rema
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Afternoon tea
Afternoon tea is thankfully a Great British institution and it is very unlikely to ever go out of fashion. It also blends 2 very good quotes and so as a result it must be something that needs to be taken often? 1. Henry James: there are very few hours in life more agreeable than the hour ded
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5 must
Probably my favourite of all the islands in Asia, Taiwan is a little known yet fantastic destination, offering a variety of culinary, cultural and visual treats. It’s tough to whittle down the list but after much hand-wringing I have managed to select what I consider to be the five mus
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New York state: one of the best regions in the US for fine dining and creative cooking
New York state continues to be recognised as one of the best regions for fine dining, award-winning wine and creative cooking in the USA. Home to the famous Culinary Institute of America, which is noted as the worlds premier culinary college, the State offers food fans a chance to experience
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Feasting, fishing, shooting and world class golf in the Scottish Borders
In less than four hours you could be living the idyllic British sporting life. In less than four hours, a sleek train could whisk you from the bustle of central London to the quiet green banks of the crystal clear River Tweed, where the only sounds are the swish of your salmon line and the g
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Top 3 Barcelona surprises
Hopping on a jet to Barcelona at the spur of the moment during the height of tourist season is not a smart move. I did it anyway, and my first 48 hours in town could inspire a whole book of travel donts. Yet even dumb choices can have wonderful outcomes. In this case, leaping before looking
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Top 5 luxury dining spots in Jamaica
Jetting off to the Caribbean is a once in a lifetime holiday that you’ll want to remember for all the right reasons. It’s the kind of trip through which you’ll build memories for a lifetime and it really is worth investing in luxury. Once you’ve secured your comfortab
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The world's best Pinot Noir
The Mission Hill Family Estate in British Columbias Okanagan Valley region has beaten 14,000 wines from 62 regions around the world to win a coveted International Trophy, the competitions top award, for its Mission Hill 2011 Martins Lane Pinot Noir (Decanter World Wine Awards under 15 catego
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5 tips to using TripAdvisor to find a restaurant in Italy
You are on vacation in Italy, and want to find a great restaurant in which to enjoy a great meal. You turn to TripAdvisor to help you locate a place, but are faced with wading through dozens of options. How do you find the perfect place without spending hours on line doing research? Iuse Tri
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Recipe of the week: Crispy ham hock with pea and mint mousse
They say that every cloud has a silver lining, and one of the few positive things to come out of these straitened economic times is a rediscovery of many of the cheap but tasty cuts of meat. Such meat often requires a little more effort which costs nothing, of course but rewards you with d
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The best Sherry house in Spain?
Considering that the Jerez D.O. (denominacion de origen) title was the very first designated in Spain, and that even before then Sherry was already internationally popular for centuries, you might expect that by now there would be some very fine bottles of the stuff in production. The proces
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Recipe of the week: Grilled tiger prawns with passion fruit sake sauce served with Thai herb rice
The succulent and unique flavour of the Tiger Prawns combined with sweet shallots and sour passion fruit make this dish a sensation for all the senses; the perfect combination of sweet and sour. The dish takes about 20 minutes to create and is a great dish all year round. If you love being c
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Choux shopping in Paris
As in fashion, trends move fast in the food world. Sex and the City made cupcakes cool. But, like scrunchies, gladiator sandals and low-waisted jeans, they quickly went by the wayside. Cupcakes were replaced by macarons, which were replaced by whoopee pies, which were replaced by cake pops.
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4 unique ideas for your next visit to Madrid
If you are visiting Madrid for the first time, or have been many times before and are looking to do something different, then we hope this will give you some inspiration. Whether you’ve a head for heights or prefer to keep your feet firmly planted on the ground, there is something here
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Recipe of the week: Pork and coriander jiao zi (boiled dumplings)
This weeks recipe is from North-Eastern China, a region famous for its delicious jiao zi (dumplings). Small parcels of minced meat spiced with sesame oil, ginger and Soya sauce are wrapped in a wheat flour pastry case. Jiao zi are served with a traditional Chinese sauce – light Soya sa
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