Wine shops and bars in Asia in 2010
You do not meet only Westerners buying these wines, there are many locals browsing the shelves of the increasingly popular wine shops in Asia.
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Chinese Tea: A Cultural History and drinking Guide by Liu Tong
The Chinese author Liu Tong focuses on chinese teas and history of tea from its early buds in China four to five thousand years ago.
BREAKFAST: on breaking the fast in history, culture, fads and manipulation of the the first meal
Breakfast, while being lauded as a necessity is still twisted in the malice of consumer manipulation. As with transient diet regimes, the first meal of the day gave in to […]
King’s Joy Beijing: new wave vegetarianism swells in China
Vegetarianism (sushizhuyi) has swelled in China in tune with contemporary trends and so did its Michelin stars. King’s Joy (in Chinese Jing Zhao Yin) has lured celebrities and middle-class intelligentsia […]
How is digital culture changing us? Digital, analog and our own perception of life are radically different
Digital, analog and our own perception of life are radically different. Our engagement with life, the intensity of experience changes according to the tools we use. The eyes, ears and […]
Find your inner balance at Villa La Coste in Provence
In the countryside north of Aix, the abstract palette of Cézanne finds its contemporary expression in the stellar art park of Château La Coste. The grandest names of contemporary architecture […]
Best tea rooms in Paris selling their own tea
Paris tea culture has evolved tremendously over the past twenty years since I visited the enchanting French capital for the first time. Beyond the established commercial giants and the ‘historic’ […]
Have better life with TEA: what tea time can do for you
One cannot rush when tea is involved. A frantic pick me up tea time, is simply against the nature of the leafy beverage. Tea can become a tool assisting with […]
Martin Beratasegui: Basque bounty blessed with stars
More Michelin stars than for any Spanish chef still shine on the Basque native Martin Beratasegui. Unlike with the rest of his Iberian empire, he ultimately leads his eponymous restaurant […]
Things Better Done Slowly: poetic Marais cafes and tea rooms
Poetry does not have to be written under your bed covers (well, sometimes I do that too) or in a rusty, with vintage posters laced bohemian poetic Marais hang out. […]