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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Wine tourism: where terroir and travelers meet

BY ANITA MENDIRATTA, CNN TASK GROUP/ETN Over the past two decades, the coming together of the wine industry and tourism has proven to be a perfect blend of economic sectors. The innate characteristics of wine lands make for natural points of attraction for travelers seeking the unique home-grown sights of

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Culinary Mindfulness And The Complexity Of Change: How To Get Started

Forbes During the workshop I stressed that culinary mindfulness is psychologically sustainable because, unlike diets and nutritional fads, it makes life feel better. It’s not about deprivation. It’s not about somehow finding the will power to always choose disliked broccoli instead of a favorite deep-fried appetizer…READ MORE

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Get a feel for food textures at the London Gastronomy Seminar

Posted at 2:15 pm, June 16, 2013 in Food & Drink Slimy food – good or bad? In Japan, it’s definitely the former, as many foods that exude slime are seen as having health-giving properties. Texture is the theme of the latest London Gastronomy Seminars talk on June 18…READ MORE

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Creative Tourism

Experts from different countries are taking part in a meeting in Barcelona on June 13th-14th, organized by ATLAS, with the Creative Tourism Network and headed by Professor Greg Richards, co-originator of the creative tourism concept. Cases of creative tourism from Catalonia, The Netherlands, Hungary, Portugal, Italy, UK, Denmark, Brazil, the

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Access to Culture

Access to Culture is a new project that aims to establish indicators for the exchange and further development of Access to Culture policies at a European and national level. ART-idea’s director, Diane Dodd was invited to a start-up meeting on the 12 June in Barcelona. The project partners from Austria, Croatia,

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Edible Art: Art that is literally good enough to eat

Time Out Mumbai Since 2009, Sydney art historian Megan Fizell has mashed her interests in food and art for the delectable blog, Feasting On Art. Fizell’s blog serves a platter of direct reproductions of famous canvases rendered in edible ingredients – including a terrifyingly deconstructed, pound cake version of Piet

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

10 Top Austin Food Experiences

By LAURA MAYES  Lot’s of us were in town this weekend for Blogher Food 2013.  While our focus was on the conference, of course, Austin food temptations were impossible to resist. Austin’s laid-back creative culture and (relatively) low cost of operating has drawn some of the most talented foodies to the

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Blog
Diane Dodd

A so-called new trend, creative tourism

by Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit TR Weekly Creative tourism is one of the key components to attract more tourist arrivals to Thailand’s capital city a tourism academic told sellers attending a TTM presentation, Wednesday. Addressing the topic Changing Destination Perceptions through Creative Tourism, Professor Greg Richards said creative and alternative tourism focuses on trends

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

‘Fado’ promises fine dining rooted in traditional gastronomy

Paulo Barbosa, Macau Daily Times Two well-known chefs from Portugal have opened a new restaurant in Macau.  Luís Américo says “it was very interesting, because people weren’t expecting to see Portuguese gastronomy presented in this way. There’s a lot of enthusiasm…. READ MORE

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Nose to Tail Fortnight: offally good food experiences in London

By Leah Hyslop, TheTelegraph Whimsical pop-up restaurateurs Jamie Hazeel and Lalie Jacout certainly aren’t interested in broaching the subject of offal delicately. Their rather gory-sounding veal dining experience is themed around the concept of an operating theatre, where they promise to “surgically slice the most sumptuous morsels from nose to tail

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Week of Peruvian delights beginning this Sunday

Gulf Times Some 35 Peruvian dishes will be featured in a week-long food festival from June 9 to 15 at the Latino Restaurant of Sheraton Doha Resort and Convention Hotel. Coupled with live Latino music, the “The Art of Peruvian Gastronomy” will also introduce Chef Jorge Luis Urbina, who is expected

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Gastronomy drawing more and more visitors to Peru

by Andean Air Mail & PERUVIAN TIMES Peruvian food is increasingly becoming a draw for tourists to the Andean nation. The National Tourism Chamber, Canatur, forecasts that 70,000 to 80,000 foreign tourists come to Peru exclusively for the food…..READ MORE

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