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New menus for lovebirds from Azul Beach Hotel
Azul Beach Hotel has introduced several new menus created especially for lovebirds.
Couples may choose from specially crafted menus such as LOVE, MAGIC NIGHT, and SWEETHEART, which include creations such as braid of Chilean salmon and sea bass inlaid with capers and Cognac foam and served wi
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Gaylord Palms Resort commits to serving locally grown produce
Since opening in 2002, the chefs at Orlando’s Gaylord Palms Resort have had a “market inspired” philosophy in menu planning. This year, these culinary professionals have taken the philosophy one step further, by committing to supporting local, organic and sustainable farmin
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Recipe of the week: Luxury nut and seed loaf with cranberry, apple and brandy sauce
Ingredients:
• 225g/8oz bulgar wheat
• 330ml/11fl oz boiling water
• 3 tbsp soya sauce
• 175g/6oz pistachio nuts
• 175g/6oz pine nuts
• 225g/8oz blanched almonds
• 175g/6oz cashew nuts
• 110g/4oz hazel nuts
• 110g/4oz sunflower seeds
• 110g/4oz poppy seeds
• 250g/9oz onion, finely chopped
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The world's most expensive water
Talk about expensive water! If you thought Bling H20 – at $24 for a 750ml bottle – was expensive, then think again. Kona Nigari water from Hawaii is apparently selling at $33.50 for a mere 2 ounce bottle. Yes, you read that right… that’s seawater at more than $2,000
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5th Hot Chili Days Cool Mountain Nights
Today marks the start of New Mexico’s 5th Hot Chili Days Cool Mountain Nights festival, a 3-day event packed with entertainment in a beautiful Red River setting. Oh, and some great chili of course. For just $35 you’ll get entry in to all concerts and the CASI (Chili Appreciatio
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Recipe of the week: Luxury Fish Pie with Rosti Caper Topping
This is a perfect recipe for entertaining and wouldn’t need anything to go with it other than a simple green salad. The fish can be varied according to what’s available as long as you have 2 lb (1 kg) in total.
Ingredients:
For the fish mixture:
• 1 lb (700 g) halibut
• 8 oz (2
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Recipe of the week: Terrine of Duck Foie Gras
…with white grapes and muscadel reduction.
Ingredients:
• Milk
• Bay leaves
• Thyme Sprigs
• Peppercorns
• 4 A grade Foie Lobes
• Pressing
• 1 caps Brandy
• 30ml Port
• Curing salt
• 3 teaspoons Salt
• 1 teaspoon castor Sugar
• 2 pinches of Nutmeg
• 1 flat teaspoon Salt Petre
• Brio
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La Tomatina 2007
On 29th August 2007, La Tomatina – arguably the world’s biggest food fight – will get underway at Buñol, near Valencia, Spain. Here’s some footage from last year’s event:
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Dark Dining in San Francisco
Dark Dining in San Francisco by TasteTV and Million Dollar Dinner takes you into another realm of dining, one where all of your senses are expanded and focus on the food, the taste, the sound, the company and more – because you are dining completely in the dark. Dark dining is not low
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Zagat goes mobile
Zagat is possibly one of the pioneers in user-generated content – long before it became so commonplace on the Web – and I’m interested to learn they’re going mobile with Zagat.mobi. In fact, I’m actually surprised to discover that it wasn’t something they
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2006 Marriott International Award of Culinary Excellence
The Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel in Schaumburg, Illinois is proud to announce that its own Chef Jack Delby has earned the coveted 2006 Marriott International Award of Culinary Excellence (why it takes until over halfway through 2007 to announce, I don’t know!). Delby, a veritable culin
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Have wine carrier, will travel
What’s a wine connoisseur to do when they’ve got to submit their expensive, hand-picked vintages to the harsh treatment of airline bag handlers, hot runway tarmacs and the like, without an adequate wine carrier or wine case? Since a wine bottle exceeds new TSA restrictions on how
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Recipe of the week: Luxury Whole Langoustines with Rosemary & Almonds
Ingredients:
• 4 luxury langoustines
• 1 lemon (cut into thin slices)
• Salt & pepper
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 stalks rosemary (in short pieces)
• 2 tbsp flaked almonds
• 4-5 tbsp olive oil
Directions:
Bring the langoustines to room temperature for approximately 10 minutes. Rinse briefly u
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2007 Hudson Valley Wine & Food Fest
The 2007 Hudson Valley Wine & Food Fest will have a new feature this year, called ”The Gallery Wing”. A multitude of art galleries in the Hudson Valley have been invited to exhibit during the festival taking place at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds from 7th-9th September 200
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Regional Cuisine Month in Banff
September in Banff, Alberta will be a month of culinary adventure and competition. As part of Regional Cuisine Month, restaurants in Banff will showcase some of their best cuisine. The month-long celebration will conclude with Alberta’s Best Culinary Festival on 28th-30th September 200
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32nd Virginia Wine Festival
The 32nd annual Virginia Wine Festival will be held at Morven Park Equestrian Center in Leesburg on 15th and 16th September 2007. The event is widely considered to be one of the main wine festivals on the East Coast. This year it will feature a grand tasting of the Commonwealth’s award
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Proof wine bar in Washington DC
A new wine bar called Proof in the Penn Quarter of Washington DC has an Enomatic wine serving system which keeps wine for up to 2 months by filling the space in the bottle with argon gas, displacing oxygen which would normally make the wine go off after a day or two. The Enomatic can also s
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Purify your body with Evian
It was with great delight that I visited the small town of Evian-les-Bains, home of Evian mineral water, on Lake Geneva (or Lac Léman, as the French like to call it) last year. (You can read a little more about that trip on the special features here and here.) And it’s with con
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Recipe of the week: Poached Free Range Egg
Ingredients:
• 1 Endive
• 1/2 Beef Sweetbread
• 3 Morillas / Morels
• 1 Egg
• 2 Chalots
• Olive Oil
• Butter
• Cream
• Croutons
• Sugar
• Salt
• Chicken Bouillon
• Dark Bouillon
Directions:
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10 Thousand BC luxury bottled water
I’ll admit to being highly sceptical about 10 Thousand BC “luxury bottled water” but I’ve decided to give it a mention all the same. The water is ‘harvested’ from the Coastal Glacier Range in British Colombia and retails for $7 per 375 ml bottle. Source Gl
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