Your next ‘great escape’ for $39.99

From a luxury spa treatment in Bali, to rhino-watching wilderness expeditions and meditative retreats in a monastery in Mallorca, the latest travel guide from Lonely Planet offers globetrotting ideas that promise to help readers reassess, recharge and inspire tired souls. Organized by theme, desires and interests, Great Escapes ($39.99) includes 75 getaway ideas that span the world and cater to everyone from food lovers and thrill seekers to nature lovers and luxury travelers. In the luxury travelers category, for example, editors suggest escaping to the cloud forests of Ecuador or embarking on a safari with Indian tigers. Gourmands may want to consider indulging in their food fantasies chasing cheese and […]

Neither shaken nor stirred…

Mint caviar beads and chocolate spaghetti with a mojito served in a large bubble, anyone? Molecular gastronomy is often thought of as a mad science to purists but something very intriguing happens when fusion meets cocktails. Molécule-R is offering an array of kits to make molecular gastronomy aceesible to home cooks. Each will help you “create the strangest dinner party your friends have ever attended and it definitely won’t be one they forget any time soon,” according to JustLuxe. Their R-Evolution Pack comes with Cuisine & Cocktail R-Evolution kits, as well as a can of popping sugar and a silicon mold (USD 116.45 + taxes) is available online. JustLuxe