As summer approaches, I normally start to make a list of books I want to read or else re-read. I am constantly on the lookout for new books to read. While reading about food and wine is pleasant throughout the seasons, I love to delve into wine books during the summer season. I'm still trying to decide which wine books to read this summer but here is a list of books on wine … [Read more...]
Archives for 2015
The story of Stella Artois
When you drive into Leuven, your senses are immediately heightened. One of the things you see is the Stella Artois brewery (which also makes Jupiler and Leffe). But what hits you most is the amazing aroma of the beer being brewed. It's a smell of yeast which reminds me of my childhood back in Malta. Living only a few kilometres away from one of the only breweries in … [Read more...]
Book Review: Cyprus A culinary journey
There is probably no better day to write this article on a book I really enjoyed reading. As I sit in the terrace in Brussels at 10.20pm in the evening, the temperature it is still light, the temperature is 29⁰C and humid. The only missing thing is a sea-breeze and the sound of the sea hitting the rocks which epitomises a hot Mediterranean summer. I have to admit that I … [Read more...]
Weekly round-up of great reads on food and wine #39
Have you ever booked a restaurant and never turned up? If the answer is no, you may be surprised to read that in the UK alone, the rate of people that do not turn up for bookings in restaurants is estimated at between 5 and 20 per cent. The cost of no-shows in the UK is costing restaurants £16 billion a year. Read about it here. This recipe (video) is in Italian but you get … [Read more...]
Advice from Massimo Bottura to young chef: Keep your feet on the ground
Mark Moriarty, an Irish chef has won the San Pellegrino Young Chef 2015, an event organised for the first time this week. One of the judges of the competition, that took place in Milan was the most renowned chef Massimo Bottura. As soon as the award was announced, Bottura invited the Irish chef to cook at the Refettorio Ambrosiano, the soup kitchen in Milan which is feeding … [Read more...]
