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Living

'Clean' vs 'light'? Tasting the difference between east and west

Chefs Alfredo Russo and Reif Othman bring East and West together on a special menu.

02/06/2017

Living

Eat like a pro with Kar-Sing Tong

Kar-Sing Tong (@ks_ate_here) is a food expert based in London with eclectic tastes and reliable knowledge on where to find both good-looking and delicious meals in the British…

26/04/2017

Living

Know your chocolates: Q&A with Bastien Girard, the best pastry cook in the world

He must have tried hundreds of different chocolate flavour combinations in the two years he practiced for the world championship of pastry-making.

23/03/2017

France

Team USA takes gold at 'Chef Olympics' in France

Like a professional athlete winner Mathew Peters, trained five days a week, up to twelve hours a day for the gastronomic battle.

25/01/2017

Cinema

The origins of McDonald's told in the movie 'The Founder'

‘The Founder’ charts salesman Roy Croc’s story as he helps turn two brother’s fast food eatery into to what we know today – McDonald’s one of the biggest restaurant businesses in the…

17/01/2017

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Argentinian waiters in a rush

Annual race sees participants carry trays through the capital.

23/10/2016

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Who'll pay the laundry bill? 'Dinner in white' attracts thousands in New York

Thousands of people attended a ‘Diner en Blanc’ event in New York.

18/09/2016

Belgium

Bruges' beer pipeline becomes reality

4,000 litres – how much is pumped an hour Four million euros – how much it cost Three kilometres – the total length Belgium’s new beer pipeline opens It is one pipe dream that has very much become

15/09/2016

Italy

Italian restaurant is the "best in the world"

Run by chef Massimo Bottura, the Osteria Francescana can be found in the Italian city of Modena.

15/06/2016

Business Series

Starbucks takes on Italy with 'great humility and respect'

Starbucks is to open in Italy where founder Howard Schultz says he got the idea to create the world's biggest chain of coffee shops.

29/02/2016

World News

New Michelin guide boasts 2016's best eating places, but launch saddened by suicide

The Michelin good food guide, the global gastronome’s bible, has been published on the day the news one of the brightest stars in French cooking

01/02/2016

World News

A la Bonne Biere reopens after Paris nightmare with back to business promise

The first of the cafes in Paris to reopen after being struck in the November 13 attacks, A la Bonne Biere, has seen regulars and new clients alike in

04/12/2015

United Kingdom

Tipping: to tip or not to tip?

Britain’s business minister’s decision to launch an inquiry into tipping abuse by restaurants, including some of the country’s best-known and biggest

01/09/2015

Economy

Britain to investigate alleged tipping abuse in restaurants

Britain’s Business minister is launching an inquiry into tipping abuse by restaurants, including some of the country’s best-known and biggest chains

31/08/2015

Spain

Spain's El Celler de Can Roca is named world's best restaurant

Spanish restaurant El Celler de Can Roca has regained its title as the world’s best restaurant. It beat previous winner Noma, with which it has

02/06/2015

Portugal

Lisbon's fashionable fado

In Portugal, young people are renewing the concept of Fado houses, reinventing traditional cuisine, mixing contemporary and traditional architecture.

17/04/2015

USA

Workers across the US hold rallies to call for a minimum wage of 15 dollars an hour

Ahead of next year’s US presidential election the minimum wage is becoming an issue. The ‘Fight for Fifteen Dollars’ campaign is organising

16/04/2015

USA

American fast-food strikers mobilise for living wage

04/09/2014

France

The Michelin guide: making top chefs reach for the stars

28/02/2014

Culture news

The secret of a successful restaurant

28/01/2013