Great businesses sell experiences, not just products, so customers walk away with memories and a good reason to tell their friends about them. The right combination is an experience that is both positive and unique, so how are restaurants doing it? Well, they’re using the latest technology.
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Interview: Singer Anne Carrere and the Musicians of ‘Piaf! The Show’ – Part I
The four artists discuss the show and the tour - and compare food and wine notes from France and the U.S.
Read More »Interview: Chef Joseph Lidgerwood of One Star House Party
The young chef from Tasmania talks about his path to some of Europe’s most prestigious restaurants and what drew him to the global chef nomad life with a tribe of culinary friends at One Star House Party.
Read More »An Orchid Evening to Remember at the New York Botanical Garden
While orchids' majesty is best experienced in the daytime, their exotic mystery is best sensed in the evening.
Read More »The Agony and the Ecstasy of Going Dairy Free
Dairy-free is not an easy lifestyle because you don’t realize how many things have milk or milk products in them.
Read More »VINO 2016: The Amazing Tuscan Wines of Pietro Beconcini, and a Wine Mystery Solved
The questions persisted until finally Leonardo and others thought, "Enough!" After 13 years of calling the vine "X" they decided to commission a DNA analysis. With the help of distinguished Professor of Enology at the University of Milan, the erudite Attilio Scienza, the vine was identified as a Spanish interloper.
Read More »Slow Wine 2016: A Sampling of Wines from the Piedmont
If these wineries continue with their viticultural sustainability and mission to make quality wines, their upcoming vintages will reflect the quality that I tasted at Slow Wine 2016. Theirs are lovely wines.
Read More »Featuring Slow Wine 2016 Cantina Della Volta and Badia a Coltibuono Wines
These wines have taken off, and I am happy to be on the cusp of trends watching these fabulous Slow Wines "come into their own."
Read More »NYC Slow Wine 2016 — A Tasting Festival of Superb Wines From Italy
This walk around tasting featured many small-scale winemakers who are using traditional techniques.
Read More »Restaurant Review (Singapore): Kaiserhaus in Capitol Building
Singapore’s first and only Austrian restaurant, Kaiserhaus, has opened in Capitol Building, serving both lunch and dinner daily. The restaurant opens at 10.30am and closes at midnight every day (except for Fridays and Saturdays when it stays open until 1am). Not only is the two-level restaurant situated in one of …
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