Archive for FOODIE-GASTRO
NEW RENAULT TWINGO CAR: VIVA LA PASTA!
In the great tradition of style exercise, Renault has offered the opportunity to four artists to express their vision of the Cabinet of Curiosities through an installation in the New Twingo cabin. Four artists — four nationalities and four artistic disciplines — with “twinguesque” genes express their view of the world: [...]
CULINARY CLIMAX ABOVE THE AUSTRIAN ALPS
Our own Dutch Lady Master Chef Angélique Schmeinck was pretty excited when she left the Netherlands for the Austrian Alps. Cooking in a nutshell under a hot air balloon is not exactly the same as cooking in a well-equipped Michelin Star restaurant with a whole team to assist you. As I wrote before, the air [...]
HANNES SABATHI WEINGUT: STYRIAN TERROIR & BURGUNDIAN PASSION (3)
THE TASTING PROOF
I tasted 6 wines, 3 from the Klassik, 2 from the Lagen and 1 from the Reserve range. My opinion about those wines is of course a personal one. This few tasting notes are just meant to tell you the impression those wines made on me (and my wife), not to tell you [...]
SCOOP: FIRST CULINARY AIR-BALLOON FLIGHT ABOVE THE ALPS
The world-famous air-balloon flight festival in the Austrian Filzmoos (2012 January 7-14) has a scoop. For the very first in the history of this big balloon flight festival a culinary balloon will be among the participants. The Dutch CuliAir balloon restaurant of master chef Angélique Schmeinck and pilot Bas Spierenburg of BAS balloon flights will [...]
GREEK MEAL FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON (4)
This meal is for 4 persons. All the recipes are with courtesy of Lila Karapostoli, Food Issues Greece
WINE: ARGYROS VINSANTO
DISH: POACHED PEAR WITH SAFFRON
Courtesy Food Issues Greece, photographer Pavlos Tsokonouglou ©
Ingredients
100 gr (4 tbsp.) butter, 8 ripe but firm pears, 100 gr Greek honey*, 2 gr saffron**, juice of 2 (organic/bio) lemons, 320 ml [...]
