If there is one thing that you should read this week then we recommend the following article which appeared in Wired. It's about Noma's taste of tomorrow and the future of food: One autumn afternoon in 2015, Danish chef René Redzepi is thinking hard about his restaurant's place in the world, both philosophically and geographically. "People consider Noma to be a local … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2016
The Belgian chef giving a Maltese twist to his restaurant in Gent
A Maltese restaurant outside Maltese shores is not a common sight. And there is a reason. The island is small and few Maltese chefs have ventured out of Malta to cook Maltese-style cuisine in their own restaurants. Many Maltese chefs have gone abroad to train but most return to work on the island. It is even more unusual when that cuisine is replicated by a Belgian chef but … [Read more...]
Massimo Bottura’s soup kitchen is going viral
Massimo Bottura's soup kitchen is going viral. After the success of the soup kitchen at the Refettorio Ambrosiano in Milan which landed the Italian chef the award of European chef of the year, the chef from Modena will be working together with the Antoniano in Bologna to feed the city's poor in the evening. The Italian chef, famous for his award-winning Osteria Francescana … [Read more...]
A “Dream” come true: One tonne of food saved from going to waste each day
It is a "Dream" come true for the morning food market in Brussels. Since last September, Dream (Distribution et Recuperation d'Excedents alimentaires a Mabru) which stands for the distribution of excess food at the Mabru market in Brussels, is working to distribute over one tonne of fruit and vegetables which would otherwise go to waste. The food is delivered to associations in … [Read more...]
Make Food not War is theme of 10th Culinary Cinema at Berlin film festival
Make Food not War is the theme of the 10th Culinary Cinema which is being held between Sunday 14 February and Friday 19 February in Berlin. The programme of the 10th Culinary Cinema will feature eleven films on the relationship between food, culture and politics. Star chefs like Andoni Luis Aduriz, Sven Elverfeld, Michael Kempt, Sonja Frühsammer as well as Alexander … [Read more...]
