WORLD’S BEST CHOCOLATES, SAYS NATGEO
According to National Geographic, five of the top 10 chocolatiers hail from the US, while premium Swiss brand Teuscher owns bragging rights to being the world’s master chocolatier. In its list of Top 10 Best Chocolatiers in the World, National Geographic’s Intelligent Travel reveals its picks for chocolate makers who produce things like “…a single-source dark chocolate bar, a cream or liqueur-filled bonbon, a praline, fruit dipped in chocolate, a truffle, fudge, or some other sinfully delicious treat.” Topping the list is Swiss chocolate maker Teuscher with a tradition that spans more than 70 years, and which today has locations across the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and the […]
EL BULLI’S EXCLUSIVE WINE COLLECTION GOES ON THE BLOCK
Wine lovers and gourmands will get a chance to grab a piece of El Bulli history next April, when Sotheby’s auctions off 8,807 bottles curated by the restaurant’s director Juli Soler and the sommelier team over the last 27 years of Adrià’s tenure. The auction is expected to haul in an estimate of up to $1.6 million USD, all of which will go towards the El Bulli Foundation, a culinary think tank, and Bullipedia, a digital project Adrià has described as the culinary equivalent of Wikipedia. Adrià closed El Bulli last summer at the height of its popularity to turn it into a culinary research and development center, the El […]