by Pauline Nguyen, Luke Nguyen In this moving culinary account of her family’s immigration from their native Vietnam, restaurateur Nguyen of Sydney, Australia begins: “In my family, food is our language…when we cannot speak the words “I am sorry”-we give this bittersweet soup instead.” Luckily, Nguyen is also skilled in …

by Mario Batali and Gwyneth Paltrow From the superstar chef Mario Batali, comes an eating tour throughout Spain with his friend Gwyneth Paltrow. Although ‘Spain…A Culinary Road Trip’ is the companion book to the prime-time public television series ‘Spain…On The Road Again’ you can enjoy the book alone..The premise is …

by Heston Blumenthal Heston Blumenthal says  ‘ the whole process of flavour perception is multi-sensory. We all have our own perception of life. Not only do we see, hear and taste differently but we have our own, individual personal experiences, emotion and memory. As long as this continues, the world of …

Santorini is one of the most romantic places in the world with its unique landscape and great views.  In Santorini nothing has much changed in the last 15 years, which is good and bad at the same time. You find the places, restaurants, beaches you visited before  exactly the same …

Casa Malaparte is one of the most beautiful houses in the world and is on Punta Massullo, on the eastern side of the Capri Island, Italy. The house was designed around 1937 by Italian Rationalist architect Adalberto Libera for Curzio Malaparte. Malaparte actually rejected Libera’s design and built the home …

For best traditional home style Thai food in Bangkok Thiptara is the best choice. Located on the bank of the Chao Phraya River, under the Peninsula hotel, an original Thai compound has been recreated for here. You sit on a wooden-deck of extravagant wood slabs which can be seen on articles from …

Hotel Cipriani is the most famous hotel in Venice because of its name… Giuseppe Cipriani, founder of the renowned Harry’s Bar in Venice, opened the hotel in 1958 on the island of Giudecca and immediately attracted celebrities and royalty, in much the same way that Harry’s Bar drew Hemingway and …

Kuum is not only a hotel, but like  a small settlement that has opened in 2008 in Bodrum, an international destination renowned for its wonderful climate, turquoise waters and cosmopolitan atmosphere. It is like  a small village with its hotel-houses, two restaurants, shops, 300 meter long beach and spa..Kuum Hotel …

Blue Lagoon which communicates world of healing power, wellness and beauty, is founded on a unique source of geothermal seawater that originates in Iceland’s extreme environment.