When Martina Liverani, writer and founder of Italian food magazine Dispensa (which means pantry in English) created the bi-annual publication in 2013, little did she know that it would eventually reach a global albeit niche audience. "It was only in 2015 during the Milan Expo that we came up with the idea to have a bilingual publication and today this is unique in that it … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2017
Everyone likes a bad review: the scathing restaurant review that went viral
Jay Rayner's scathing restaurant review of Paris restaurant Le Cinq has been the talk of the internet since the article appeared online on Sunday morning in the Guardian. It went viral pretty instantly confirming that there is nothing that readers like more than a bashing particularly if this has colourful language and has made the writer angry. Jay Rayner's website … [Read more...]
Weekly roundup of great reads on food and wine #110
Escape to Valletta: Culinary delights in the next European Capital of Culture: Valletta is one of Europe’s most diminutive cities. Bang in the middle of the Mediterranean, ravaged by extremes of weather and world war, Malta’s small jewel of a capital is also the furthest south – a historical comeback kid that continues to punch above its weight, as it has done for … [Read more...]
First international gastronomic congress of Wallonia to take place in Namur in July
The first international gastronomic festival of Wallonia will take place on 1, 2 and 3 July at the Citadel of Namur. The congress is being organised by Generation W, the collective of chefs from Wallonia led by chef of L' Air du Temps, San Degeimbre. The congress, which brings some of the world's best chefs to the southern region of Belgium will be held on Monday 3 July. … [Read more...]
New York’s Eleven Madison Park named World’s Best Restaurant for first time
Eleven Madison Park in New York, the restaurant of chef Daniel Humm and Will Guidara has been named the best restaurant in the 2017 list announced today by The World's 50 Best Restaurants. This year’s winners were revealed at an awards ceremony at the historic Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne. Last year's number one Osteria Francescana of chef Massimo Bottura placed … [Read more...]
