There are a number of interesting reads in this weekly roundup from an interview with legendary restaurant critic AA Gill to Nathan Myhrvold's views on the next big thing in food, a list of some splendid bars, a guide to Emilia Romagna and some recommendations on places to eat in Venice. Food Republic has an interview with legendary restaurant critic AA Gill. He says that he … [Read more...]

The past week saw the launch of Milan Expo. The theme is Feeding the Planet Energy for Life. Much has been written about the event, including the incidents that took place in Milan, so we are not focusing on this event in our round-up. So we start this week's roundup with a restaurant review with a difference. As we've said on Twitter, we do not always agree with Jay Rayner … [Read more...]

A series of documentaries called Chef's Table featuring Massimo Bottura from Italy, Magnus Nilsson from Sweden, Niki Nakayama and Dan Barber from the United States, Ben Shewry from Australia and Francis Mallmann was launched today. Many have written about these documentaries. Judging from social media, the series created by David Gelb who directed the popular documentary … [Read more...]

It has been a relaxing two weeks for me with limited access to the internet, which meant that not only blogging was sporadic but also the collection of stories for the weekly roundup was a bit harder than usual. Nevertheless, we have still managed to come across a number of interesting reads. At the start of this week, there was an event in Paestum, Italy showcasing the … [Read more...]

It's early Easter Sunday as I write this and I haven't written for the past two days so a Happy Easter to all our readers of Food and Wine Gazette. From the wines of Liguria, to a balanced diet and the search for the perfect ragu there is no shortage of interesting articles even today. So let's start with our links to some interesting reads. The first article is a long … [Read more...]