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Forest Bathing by Dr Quing Li: BETTER MIND, MOOD AND HEALTH FROM THE FOREST
The Japanese mindfulness practice shinrin-yoku, known in the West as forest bathing, fascinates scientists as much as wellness devotees. Like with anything enhancing our health and happiness, the literature on […]
Rokkaku: the first Michelin-stared Izakaya in Japan
Izakaya is a casual Japanese meal that, similarly to the Spanish tapas or British pub food, is made to complement alcoholic drinks like wine, beer, sake or spirits. At the […]
Marou chocolate: paying tribute to terroir through sensitively crafted Vietnamese cocoa
Vietnam’s first artisan bean-to-bar chocolate makers Marou Faiseurs De Chocolat are paying tribute to the jungle farmed Vietnamese cocoa. Two Frenchmen Vincent Mourou and Samuel Maruta are making the vegan, mostly […]
Trendy Manhattan tea scene: boba, matcha et al. in New York
Alongside the increasing marketing power of the Far East, patience has been brewing on the tea neglected New York scene. The trendy Manhattan tea shops now offer enough quality and Instagram […]
Atelier Crenn: weighing the cost of being voted the world's best female chef
Dominique Crenn tells the story of herself through her food at San Francisco’s Atelier Crenn. The backdrop is her childhood in Britanny, France, and travel memories as diverse as visiting […]
Millennial tea trends
Like fashion, food and wine, tea is also submissive to by consumers driven trends. Although certain traditional popular tea styles such as the milky black Hong Kong tea, Chinese and […]
FOOD TRENDS: how fashionable food fads influence your plate
Trends are not invented. Food trends “reflect our contemporary world and spin up at a specific moment”, I learned during the four-weeks intensive course at the Ferrandi culinary institution based […]
Power of matcha: the powdered Japanese green tea used in tea ceremony
Matcha is the essence of tea. The power of matcha, the stone mill ground fine Japanese green tea, is in its wholeness. Unless you eat the tea leaves after steeping […]
Cartagena de Indias: embark on romance in Latin America
People like to romanticize Cartagena. As the horse coaches leisurely clap through its narrow cobbled streets, and the setting sun caresses the colorful heritage façades with its gentle soft and […]