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Creation of Rice Wednesday hopes to boost rice popularity
''We're malnourished, not starving. Food purchase levers are increasingly driven by low prices, quick preparation times, choice of pre-cooked and ready meals. In Europe we eat badly because we devote...
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French wine connoisseur auctions off tasting of his rare collection
Most wine lovers have a few bottles that they treasure in their collection, but nothing in comparison to Michel-Jack Chasseuil, a French wine connoisseur, who has collected an astounding 40,000 in his...
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School children taught the lesson I dont waste
Expo, at the Milano Ristorazione space inside the Italian Pavilion, saw the presentation of the initiative "Io non spreco", or "I don't waste", which was created in the spring of 2014 by the Department...
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Forget Slow Food, here comes the Waste Food Restaurant
We are all constantly reminded not to waste food, and finally even restaurants are getting in on this ethos. Chef Travis Harvey is set to open a "pop-up" restaurant in Sydney on behalf of Australia's...
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An offer that can be refused English farmer refuses 378 million euro
We all remember the scene in The Godfather when Marlon Brando uttered the famous line, "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse", and since then this phrase has become part of our everyday...
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Google tweak offers food delivered to your home
You know the feeling: you're feeling peckish but don't have any ideas of where to go for something to eat. So you do a search on Google for places nearby and Google delivers, giving you a whole list of...
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Get ready to dial 999 after eating the 999!
A restaurant owner in Teeside thinks he has created the tallest burger which has a height of over half a metre and contains 3 burger baps, 10 burgers, 20 slices of cheese, two beef tomatoes, one red...
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Bad harvest may result in global Prosecco shortage
Although sales of Prosecco are still on the up, there is bad news for lovers of the Veneto sparkling wine. Bisol export manager, Roberto Cremonese, predicts that there may be a global shortage of...
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Shattering news for the Wine Society as it recalls own label Prosecco
The oldest wine club in the world is the Wine Society which was founded in 1874 during the Great Exhibition when they first held a series of lunches in order to help Portuguese producers publicize...
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The Worlds 50 Best Restaurants, and the winner is Spain!
Think of fine dining and gourmet food and we usually think of France, but it seems that there is a new contender for the crown - Spain. The country has had a massive win at the 2015 edition of the...
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Asdas peppers get the stripes in order to appeal to children
We all know that some, if not most, children can be fussy with their food. Reasearch has shown that 75% of children turn their noses up at new foods and it seems that the most unpopular vegetable is...
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Battle on a knife edge Tuscany v Veneto!
It was a real battle on a knife edge - the Central Market in Florence in an atmosphere of friendly hospitality saw two renowned master butchers take centre stage, Bruno Bassetto from Treviso, official...
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Naples pizzeria creates sea water pizza
A master pizzaiolo, Guglielmo Vuolo, from Naples has had the ingenious idea of using sea water instead of adding salt to pizza dough. Mr. Vuolo has been testing his sea water pizzas over the last few...
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Killer fats to be banned within three years
The Obama administration is waging a war on killer fats that kill thousands of Americans every year. The Food and Drug Administration wants to ban food companies using artificial unsaturated fats...
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Healthy Cinema snacks can result in 5 days worth of sugar
We all know that feeling... you get to the cinema and are hit by a pang of hunger, especially when there is the smell of popcorn in the air. The temptation is too great and so, of course, you buy a...
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Have you got what it takes to be The Palate 2015?
The search is on! UK wine chain Oddbins is currently looking for the nation's finest amateur wine taster. At any branch of Oddbins, anyone who sees themselves as a master wine taster can enter The...
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Cabbage Patch Kids new sweet cabbage to appeal to children
A few weeks after Asda launched the striped pepper, another UK supermarket has plans to launch a new version of a vegetable that is also unpopular among children: the white cabbage! Although its red...
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Sainsburys creates their most attractive lettuce, the Red Butterhead
After the news of Asda's striped pepper followed by Tesco's sweet tasting cabbage, it seems another supermarket is also getting in on the act of introducing new types of vegetables. This time the...
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Say Cheese : an introduction
Cheese. The word doesn't seem to need much introduction as it is one of the most popular foods in all the world, and is produced in most countries using cow's milk, sheep's milk, goat's milk, or even...
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Say Cheese: Parmigiano Reggiano
To quote writer and wine expert, Andre Simon, "cheese is milk which has become an adult", and if I may add, Parmesan cheese, or more specifically Parmigiano Reggiano, is cheese which has become a King....
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Around the Boot in 80 Foods Bagna Cauda
It's our last day in Piedmont and we will certainly be sad to leave this wonderful region and all it has to offer. Our life here has certainly been made hard, having to choose only four of the great...
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Say Cheese! Mozzarella di Bufala Campana
In the first episode of Say Cheese, we started with the King of cheeses, a title often given to Parmigiano Reggiano. After such a start, it is only right that our second episode should focus instead on...
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Say Cheese Pecorino Romano
So far in our "Say Cheese" series we have introduced the King and the Queen of cheeses, the first, Parmigiano Reggiano, made from cow's milk and the second, Mozzarella di Bufala, made from buffalo...
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Around the Boot in 80 Foods Casoncelli
Here we are at last! And here we are not only referring to our arrival in Lombardy, the third region in our travels around the "boot", but also to the fact that we have reached a pasta dish. Despite...
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Say Cheese - Castelmagno
Already in our series of "Say Cheese" we have talked about the King of cheeses, Parmigiano Reggiano and also the Queen of the Mediterranean, Mozzarella di Bufala, so now it seems right to talk about a...
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Around the Boot in 80 Foods: Costoletta alla Milanese
Yesterday we tasted a great wine from the southern part of the region of Lombardy, Oltrepò Pavese, an area which has a great gastronomic history with many delicious dishes that pair well with the local...
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Say cheese Gorgonzola
So far in this series of "Say Cheese" we have tackled four great Italian cheese, Parmiggiano Reggiano, Mozzarella di Bufala, Pecorino Romana and also Castelmagno, however we have neglected one cheese...
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Say Cheese - Feta
We are back with another episode of "Say Cheese", and today, after discovering some of Italy's most famous cheeses, we travel abroad to find out more about one of the most famous cheeses in the world -...
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Around the Boot in 80 Foods - Cassoeula
It's the middle of May and in the most part of Italy, the weather is warm, the sun is shining and the most popular foods to eat are the ones to keep us cool such as salads and ice creams. However let's...
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Say Cheese Roquefort
After six installments including our last one in Greece to discover more about Feta, the Say Cheese series finally makes its way to probably the most famous cheese-making nation, a nation which even...
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Around the Boot in 80 Foods Formai de Mut dellAlta Valle Brembana
And here we are at our final stop of our tour in Lombardy. So far we have discovered three great signature dishes in the region. In this final week however, we will learn more about a great cheese of...
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Around the Boot in 80 Foods - Strangolapreti alla Trentina
For our first week in Trentino-Alto Adige, we have already discovered that the region is extremely mountainous and was once a poor area. For this reason, its traditional dishes were not sumptuous...
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Around the Boot in 80 Wines - Barbera
This week signals our fourth and last week in Piedmont, and what a delight it has been to discover just some of the many great wines that the region has to offer. We started our journey to the north of...
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Around the Boot in 80 Wines: Franciacorta
So here we are! We have reached our third region on our travels around the "boot". The region that will be our home for the next four weeks is a Lombardy, a region which is perhaps for its financial...
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My Oltrepò Pavese: Mario Maffi talks about viticulture in Oltrepo seen...
Mario Maffi, has been the oenologist at Montelio di Codevilla for 33 years. He is not only the "history" of Oltrepò Pavese viticulture: Mario loves this land as a father loves his son. He loves it for...
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Around the Boot in 80 Wines: Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico
Welcome back to Lombardy, and although the temptation to go to its capital, Milan, and visit the EXPO is high, we still have wines to be drunk and traditional dishes to taste, so we are moving on from...
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Tasting Notes Talento Metodo Classico Brut (2003) Bisol
The winery Bisol is most famous for its various versions of Prosecco, as it is set in the heart of Valdobbiadene, the centre of the DOCG area. However, it also produces a small number of classic method...
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Around the Boot in 80 Wines: Valtellina Superiore
Our third week in Lombardy takes us to yet another province. After having spent a week in Franciacorta in Brescia and a week in Oltrepò Pavese in the southern part of Pavia, we move to the far north of...
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Tasting Notes Bardolino Villa Fontana 2013
The wine today is from the Tommasi winery, a winery more famous for its production of Amarone, however it also produces wines under the Bardolino DOC denomination, using the same grapes corvine,...
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Tasting Notes Cecchetto Incrocio Manzoni 2013
The grape Manzoni Bianco, or Incrocio Manzoni 6.0.13 to give it its full title, was an experiment carried out by Professor Luigi Manzoni who started out his research in the 1920 and created several...
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Tasting Notes: Tenuta Croci - Gutturnio Frizzante Doc - 2011
Obtained with Barbera and Croatina grapes, Gutturnio is one of the symbolic wines of the Piacenza hills. This semi-sparkling interpretation by Massimiliano Croci, obtained according to the tradition...
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Around the Boot in 80 Wines: Moscato di Scanzo
Our last week in Lombardy and as the saying goes, Dulcis in Fondo, which although usually translates as "saving the best until last", here we will use its literate translation to mean to leave the...
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Tasting Notes Vermentino di Sardegna DOC - Antichi Poderi di Jerzu
The Vermentino grape is cultivated all over the island of Sardinia. The most important area for this grape is Gallura, which has been recognized with the DOCG status, however other parts of the island...
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Tasting Notes Reseca Sicilia IGT Rosso (Gulfi Winery)
Nerello mascalese grapes are often used for the "Rubino" version of Marsala, blended with other grapes (such as Calabrese and Perricone) although there are many wineries in Sicily who have decided to...
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Tasting Notes: Montelio - Rosé - Oltrepò Pavese Rosato Frizzante (2014) L. 79/15
The latest in our series of Tasting Notes is a wine which is produced using Croatina, Barbera and Uva Rara grapes. These three grapes represent the soul of Oltrepò Pavese, an important wine region in...
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Tasting Notes - Giorgio Carnevale - De La Rocchetta - Grignolino dAsti Doc -...
Grignolino, with its light body accompanied by its nervous and slightly rough tannins, presents a piece of history of Piedmont wine having been, at one time, one of the favorite wines of the nobility...
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Around the Boot in 80 Wines Nosiola
Welcome back to our travels. We left Lombardy in great style with a wonderful Moscato di Scanzo and a cheese worthy to be paired with such a wine, Formaggio de Mut dell'Alta Valle Brembana, but now it...
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Tasting Notes - Sodaccio di Montevertine 1997
Newborn memories are knocking at the door of our mind; they want to spurt out and be consumed quickly, as if the pleasure of that meeting were to be quickly hidden behind a veil of silence. Its name is...
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Tasting Notes - Côte de Chalonnaise Bouzeron Cuveé Axelle 2013 Domaine Michel...
The Domaine Michel Briday, or in other words, what to look for in the "Other" Burgundy. On the label it's written "Côte de Chalonnais", but it is read as "another Burgundy" (cit.). "Another" in the...
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Tasting Notes - Kmetija Mahnic - Angeli Likor - Cipro Sladko Vrhunsko Vino...
Produced by the Kmetija Mahnic Winery in Dragonja in the south of Slovenia, this sweet wine is made from Cipro grapes which have been dried on the plant; Cipro is the name that the locals give to what...
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