A hotel in Holborn has become the venue for the first Slow Food market to set up in London. The Slow Food movement began in Italy 25 years ago, dedicated to promoting locally produced food, using traditional techniques, and providing an alternative to mass-produced fast food. The new market is
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Tourists in Turkey last year spent almost 20 percent of their budgets on food, according to a recent gastronomy tourism report by the Turkish Association of Travel Agents (TÜRSAB). The 41.4 million foreign tourists who visited Turkey in 2014 spent $6.5 billion on food, some 19 percent
Bo White has done a lot of treks. Between a career in international development and a love for climbing and hiking, the 32-year-old has been all over the world. But nowhere quite like the Pamir. The Pamir is pristine because it’s remote — far from airports, cities and reliable roads.
Aarhus often lives in the shadows of Copenhagen, but Denmark’s second-largest city no longer has to take a back seat when it comes to its food scene. Three Aarhus restaurants were given Michelin stars Thursday as the first ever Michelin Nordic Cities guide was presented in Stockholm. READ MORE…
In a historic victory of global importance, the US Government just passed rock solid rules to ensure the Internet stays open and free for generations to come. But even though we’ve won this crucial fight, we must stay vigilant. Big telecom corporations like Verizon and Comcast are already working with conservatives in
The Flow Hive is a new beehive invention that promises to eliminate the more laborious aspects of collecting honey from a beehive with a novel spigot system that taps into specially designed honeycomb frames. Invented over the last decade by father and son beekeepers Stuart and Cedar Anderson, the system
The market is open and big business opportunities are knocking on the current rising industry for Food and Beverage: Food Tourism. According to an article on Skift, Food Tourism is the current mainstream consumer trend where travelers go to a specific destination just to experience its food and beverage offerings. READ
Exploring the connection between culture and broader goals of human development, this research focuses on cultural and creative industries in what is commonly referred to as ‘developing countries’. Christiaan De Beukelaer offers a thorough exploration of how the concepts of cultural and creative industries are constructed and implemented across African countries
Witth only two states left, Yana Gilbuena – founder of The Salo Project – has nearly reached her goal of bringing Filipino food to all fifty states in fifty weeks in the form of pop-up dinners. “It started out as a hobby that consumed me,” said Gilbuena, who describes herself
The report “Trends in flavors’ of McCormick and Ducros is at the forefront of identifying new trends and opinions of ingredients that drive the flavors into a new future. Created by an international team of experts composed of McCormick chefs, culinary professionals, experts in trends and food technologists, ‘Trends in
The 16th International Exhibition of Gastronomic Tourism will be held from 4th to 8th March in Expourense. Check out the program of activities, the Xantar Menus and everything will happen in this international event that will have Costa Rica as a guest… read more.
Yoppy is young and friendly and lives in a small apartment in the Shinagawa neighborhood of Tokyo. His full name is Yuhsuke Yoshimoto, but at least with visitors who come to stay with him through his listing on Airbnb, he prefers to go by Yoppy. Relative to other major cities in
Data artist Eric Fischer creates gorgeous maps of human movement across cities by plotting the social media trails of the world’s denizens. Among other projects for Mapbox, where he currently works, Fischer recently released “Locals & Tourists,” a searchable world map that visualizes the tweets of city residents versus out-of-owners.
Amsterdam is currently tackling a problem most cities can only dream of having: It has way too many bikes. So massively popular is cycling in the Netherlands’ largest city that the city center has run out of places to put them all. Amsterdam’s daily two-wheeled commuter flood fills downtown with
Overcoming hunger and malnutrition in the 21st century no longer means simply increasing the quantity of available food but also the quality. Despite numerous achievements in the world’s food systems, approximately 805 million people suffer from chronic hunger and roughly two billion peoples suffer from one or more micronutrient deficiencies
People on the Internet tend to freak out about all things cute and tiny, from babies to animals to babies who are friends with animals. But now, there’s a new addition to this genre: videos of people making tiny edible food creations on YouTube. We’ve just discovered this trend of making
