Eat your way around-the-world
A luxury, British website has created a once-in-a-lifetime epic travel itinerary that will take one couple to all 109, three-Michelin-starred restaurants around the world, for the cool sum of about $275,000. It’s a six-month culinary odyssey that will take two people to the world’s top dining addresses across 12 countries, including Lung King Heen in Hong Kong, Sushi Yoshitake in Tokyo, Per Se in New York and Le Meurice in Paris. Created by VeryFirstTo.com with www.holidaysplease.co.uk, participants will sample some of most iconic, famous and avant-garde dishes in contemorary gastronomy, such as “salmon poached in a liquorice gel” at Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck and “pineapple bubbles” at Juan Mari […]
French picnic wine
A start-up out of France is getting a lot of buzz and raising eyebrows for launching a range of canned wines in a country of wine purists, where traditional winemaking traditions are fiercely upheld. Winestar is the latest company to put wine in an aluminum can, joining the likes of brands like Barokes, Francis Ford Coppola and Friends Just Wine in taking the concept of boxed and bagged wines a step further. In an interview with French newspaper Le Figaro, Winestar co-founder Cédric Segal said his goal is to make his company the “Nespresso of wine,” in reference to the concept of single-serve portions. He’s also targeting a specific market […]