Posts Tagged ‘ Food ’

Discover how to make Papadzules – a traditional dish from Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula

Eat your way around Mexico

Everyone loves a long weekend away and Lisbon – with its heady mix of cultural offerings, culinary feasts and lively nightlife -stands out as special says Kaye Holland


If there is one thing you should know about Hawaii and its food…it’s that Hawaii locals love to eat and the islands boast a huge variety of restaurants, cuisines, experiences and produce.

Mirko Lagattolla – co-founder of GLEAT, a new app that allows Londoners with a passion for cooking to set up a pop-up restaurant in their very own home – talks travel

Heading to Lisbon for half term? Pack your appetite. The Portuguese capital is home to an array of dining venues with a difference

Food is in fashion

For seven years, the Cross Foxes near Dolgellau had been derelict. Maybe even the foxes shunned the place as well regardless of their temper. (sorry, couldn’t resist the bad puns) But Dewi and Nicol Gwynne saw something in the building and decided it was for them. Two years later they opened; two months after that and they achieved the highest accolade restaurant and accommodation can achieve. 5 stars.

As the first and only Zagat rated Caribbean island, it’s no surprise that Barbados is cooking up a treat treats for travellers in 2010. Enter the inaugural Barbados Food & Wine & Rum Festival which will run from 19-22 November. British Michelin starred chef Fergus Henderson will be joined by other culinary stars such as Marcus Samuelsson, Ming Tsai and Tim Love as well as wine experts and mixologists, all of whom will showcase their skills. Visiting gourmands can also check out new restaurant Ne
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On Saturday before last, I took my mother and Sami (a Finnish guest) to the North West Food Lovers Festival at Tatton Park. With 120 delicious food and drink stalls selling the best produce available from across Cheshire and surroundings, it promised to be good day out (in addition to convincing a foreigner that we do actually have good food in the UK – and especially in Cheshire!!). Despite our hunger for the event, the closure of the M56 motorway between junction 6 – 9,
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