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Negroni Week Cocktails

Negroni Week Cocktails

Happy Negroni Week! Negroni Week every year is a great opportunity to go out and drink a Negroni in support of a good cause! This year, from June 24 to 30, 2019, Negroni Week is extra special as it the 100th Anniversary of the Negroni! […]

Cin Cin! Cheers Campari!

Cin Cin! Cheers Campari!

Happy 160th birthday, Campari!  Walk into any Italian restaurant and there’s a good chance you will be greeted by the above Campari poster of the Spiritello sprite with an orange peel wrapped around him. The famous image (created by Leonetto Cappiello in 1920) remains a […]

Roman (Food Tour) Holiday

Roman (Food Tour) Holiday

                  In the shadow of the Vatican and a few blocks away from Vatican square, lies the Prati neighbourhood. This area is off the sightseeing grid and, on the whole, tourist-free. This is a working Roman neighbourhood and there […]

Cocktailing San Francisco

Cocktailing San Francisco

Cocktailing San Francisco or how to spend an afternoon in San Francisco’s Mission area. Due to the power of social media, and Instagram, I’m lucky to have virtually met people in various parts of the world. On a recent trip to San Francisco, I reached […]

CENTRAL – Lima, Peru

CENTRAL – Lima, Peru

Central Restaurante in Lima, Peru is a culinary gem. If you’ve seen the Netflix Chef’s Table episode (season 3, episode 6), you know that Virgilio Martínez Véliz runs Central’s kitchen with his wife, Pia León. It is there that they developed the ecosystem and altitude-based […]

Pisco Sours with Juan

Pisco Sours with Juan

On our recent trip to Machu Picchu, we had a few troubles due to a two-day-long farmers’ strike that resulted in the main road through the Sacred Valley being blocked roughly every two kilometres. A very early (4 am) road start found us in Ollantaytambo […]

ZAZU – Quito, Ecuador

ZAZU – Quito, Ecuador

On an Ecuadorian street lined with little restaurants sits a whitewashed building with a subtle sign.  Upon entering, you are greeted by an airy room, with light grey walls and wooden floors. The “Relais & Chateaux” sign is prominently on display, as is a gorgeous […]

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