The trend for eating more consciously, focusing on sustainable and locally sourced foods which are healthy and fresh, is sweeping the world especially now we are becoming more aware of the impact…
Alejandro Fernández has been making wine since he was young, taught by his father, using grapes from small vineyards, and his boyhood dream was to have his own bodega. Fernández has exceeded…
The Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria, often simply referred to as La Boqueria, is Europe’s biggest food market in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona and one of the city’s…
Renato e Luisa is a very popular restaurant, often fully packed with a vivacious clientele. Manager and chef Renato takes a creative approach to classic Roman cuisine, resulting in dishes that are modern,…
Bouillabaisse is a traditional fish stew originating from the port city of Marseille; the word itself is a combination of the verbs to boil and simmer, a signature part of the preparation…
One of the best restaurants in Rome, if not in Italy, La Pergola has three-Michelin stars awarded to its excellent cuisine. La Pergola has a wine cellar with over 60,000 bottles, and…
The Grand Place, or Grote Markt in Flemish, is one of the most beautiful squares in Europe with architecture from three different eras – Baroque, Gothic and Louis XIV, and the central…
The most popular and classic of all Swedish gourmet dishes, with hand-peeled shrimp from the west coast, dill, mayo, horseradish and topped with nordic caviar. Creamy Swedish shrimp salad on toast. …
Australian-born David Mallett is widely considered to be the one of the best hairdressers in Paris and, to his clients, he is the most trusted. Over the course of his career, David…
Popular Pâtisserie/Salon du Thé Carette is located at the famous Place du Trocadéro. Since 1927 this cafe of tea, sweets, salads and sandwiches has more than held its own against the competition at…
Opened in 2009 and now one of the most fashionable gastrobars – a term invented by restaurant critic José Carlos Capel which means a haute-cuisine level tapas bar – La Gabinoteca is…
Popular and delicious Swedish pie made with the country’s emblematic Västerbottensost. Ingredients: Pie pastry 125 g butter 300 ml wheat flour 1 tbsp water Filling 300 g grated Västerbottensost 3 eggs…
True Pilates is an excellent Pilates studio with instructors trained and certified in New York at the studio of Romana Kryzanowska, who was a student of Joseph Pilates. Opened in Rome in…
Risotto is a northern Italian rice dish cooked in a broth to a creamy consistency. The broth can be derived from meat, fish, or vegetables. Many types of risotto contain butter, wine,…
Sergio Valente’s salon provides hair styling, beauty services, facials, body treatments, massages, manicure, pedicure and has furnishings and top equipment like the new Oxyskin for oxygenating treatment with vitamin C, collagen, DNA marine and…
Wild salmon from the Bay of Bothnia are one of nature’s healthiest, most nutrient-dense “superfoods”. The nordic Scandinavian region has a very old tradition when it comes to the harvest from sea,…
Love of food and cooking is paramount at this excellent French Alps restaurant, a local and visitors’ favourite. We highly recommend this friendly Italian family restaurant in ski resort Chamonix in French…
This century old greenhouse which once belonged to Amsterdam’s Municipal Nursery, is a gastronomic restaurant that offers a daily fixed menu, based on the harvest of its nursery and supplemented with the…