New York’s Grand Central Oyster Bar
“It’s a great place to work. Our employees are proud of the food they serve…if you want fresh fish come to the Oyster Bar in New York,” says Executive Chef Sandy Ingber.
Food and drink
Rediscovering Seef beer, a lost Belgian beer
Seef bier (pronounced ‘safe’) was a popular style of beer in and around the Belgian city of Antwerp prior to the outbreak of World War One. It was known as ‘the Champagne of the poor people’ yet its production died out and for many years the recipe was lost.
Melbourne Salami Festa sausage festival
The Melbourne Salami Festa is a sausage festival held in Thornbury, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. In this interview Carlo Mazzarella, a co-founder of the event, discusses the origins of the Melbourne Salami Festa.
Food and cocktails at Turtle Bay Durham
Turtle Bay operates more than 40 restaurants serving Caribbean style cuisine across the United Kingdom. The Durham Turtle Bay restaurant opened in mid-October 2021.
Organic farming and Austrian beer
“In Austria craft beer makes up just two to three per cent of the market. Austria is not the USA, where craft beer has a good 12 per cent market share of the beer market. There's a reason. Namely, here in Austria and Germany we've always had a well-maintained beer culture. We had good beers and the tradition lives on strongly here and there wasn't much of a place for craft beer,” said Markus Trinker, creative brewmaster at the Wildshut Stiegl estate.
Schlenkerla Rauchbier smoke beer in Bamberg
The attractive German city of Bamberg is the third largest urban UNESCO World Heritage Site in the European Union and its cathedral holds the tomb of the only pope buried north of the Alps. However, culture and history can wait, I came here for a beer.
Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof brewery
Leipzig’s Bayerischer Bahnhof has claims to being the world’s oldest railway terminal. That significant piece of transport history isn’t what drew me here. I’ve come to sample gose, a style of beer brewed onsite in the microbrewery.
The Red Lion Freehouse in Wiltshire
“We always have our steak for two on, which we’re proud of — either a chateaubriand or roasted rib with chips and a bearnaise. It might sound a bit boring for a signature dish but it’s something we have on all the time. It’s rooted in that pub ethos of steak and chips. But it’s the best steak you can get, with everything well prepared,” said Guy Manning of the Red Lion Freehouse.
Food in Estonia and Estonian cuisine
Rene Uusmees is the Executive Chef at Mekk. He opened the restaurant in central Tallinn five years ago and is making a name for serving contemporary Estonian cuisine in smart but casual surroundings, ensuring that diners can relax and enjoy his food.
Revolucion de Cuba Newcastle
Revolucion de Cuba is part of Newcastle’s buzzing nightlife and party scene. The drinks menu features several rum-based cocktails while the food menu has several Cuban-inspired dishes.