Food & Wine
From bona fide bastions of deliciousness like Magnolia Bakery and Laduree to quirky neighborhood gems such as Brooklyn’s Peter Pan doughnuts and Queens’s Al-Sham Sweets, New York today is a sweet tooth’s Shangri-La. In a new book titled “New York...
At a recent blind tasting held in Paris at Chemin des Vignes, a specialist of fine wines compared some already famed whites with strong challengers. Auction superstar Domaine Leflaive of Burgundy, Vincent Dauvissat of Chablis, and Château...
Jamie Ritchie, CEO of Sotheby’s Wine, spoke to ARTINFO about the wine auction market, Sotheby’s strategy and its recent excellent results in Hong Kong. What are the latest trends at wine auctions ? The worldwide trend is less wine on the market...
Anne-Sophie Pic heads the kitchen at Pic in Valence (about 60 miles south of Lyon), a French institution which has held onto its three Michelin stars for three generations. But the longevity of this honor doesn’t mean that things haven’t...
Six major wine sales happened across Hong-Kong, New York, London and Paris in the begining of April. ARTINFO brings the highlights of these sales with this slideshow.Sotheby's Hong Kong held three sales in two days on April 3-4,...
Here is a preview of the upcoming April wine and spirit auctions. To see the 20 beautiful lots from these sales, click on the slideshow.Sotheby’s London sale on April 17 will feature mostly French wines, including 23 lots of Henri Jayer and 14 lots of...
“The Art of the Restaurateur” was awarded a Gourmand Award at Paris Cookbook Fair 2013. Its author Nicholas Lander is the restaurant correspondant for the Financial Times. His book pays homage to 20 restaurant managers — Alan Yau, creator of...
To celebrate its 150th anniversary, porcelain dinnerware manufacturer Bernardaud of Limoges, France, asked twelve artists to create new designs for its table services. The list of these creators illustrates the resolute contemporary orientation of this...
Imagine what it would be like to journey back in time to Medieval England and attend one of the incredibly lavish and sumptuous feasts held by the rich and eccentric nobility of the time. Grant King, chef and owner of Sydney restaurant Gastro Park, had to do...
The elBulli cellar auction at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on April 3 was a stellar achievement, with a total of HK$14.1 million or US$1.8million (pre-sale high HK$9.2million). The 183 lots of Burgundy wines alone sold for HK$7.5million against a pre-sale high...
