Sang-hoon Degeimbre, chef of 2-Michelin starred L'Air du Temps, has announced a series of six four-hands dinners for 2015. The first will be with Danish chef Bo Bech of the restaurant Geist in Copenhagen and takes place on Thursday 12 February at L'Air du Temps. Bo Bech, is an award-winning Danish chef and restaurateur who trained under Alain Passard of L'Arpege. He is … [Read more...]
Archives for 2015
10 Sicilian wine producers to look out for
I am preparing a wine tasting for a wine club I form part of in September and the theme is Sicilian wines. I have therefore been researching a bit more than usual about the wine producers of Sicily and also tasting some more wines from this Southern Italian island which produces some stunning wines. This will hopefully be a new series for Food and Wine Gazette on wine … [Read more...]
What we’ve been drinking (December)
December is characterised by many long lunches and dinners with family and friends. There is a certain tendency in these cold winter months to switch to red wines, particularly full-bodied reds which are perfect companions to the typical winter dishes served over Christmas. But then, there is nothing like a good white wine to pair with fish dishes particularly when you have … [Read more...]
Weekly roundup of great reads on food and wine #16
This is our first weekly roundup for 2015 with some interesting articles from the food and wine world. From a 90-year-old who continues to make fresh pasta in an Italian trattoria, to the trends for 2015 and a controversy about whether prosecco served on a tap in a pub should be called prosecco or not, we hope you find something interesting to read. When I use fat in … [Read more...]
2014 – A year of Food and Wine Gazette in review
Food and Wine Gazette was launched in September 2014. In four months, readers from over 110 countries have visited the website with most of the visitors coming from Belgium, followed by the United States and the Netherlands. Our top reads to date were the following: 1. Grant Achatz (Alinea): A genius of molecular cuisine 2. Carcasse: A restaurant by one of Belgium's … [Read more...]
