Cooking Class  I knew many friends would be there at her wake because she always kept in touch with writers she knew especially when there was some new food festival that featured her beloved Bulacan.
The first time I met her was on my first food tour. It was held at the Enriquez ancestral home, a [...]

The myriad smells are completely alluring - there’s the buttery scent of shallots being braised, the sweet smell of chicken being roasted and, from the patisserie kitchen below, the tantalising aroma of tarte tatin wafting up the stairs.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is asking the UN to award French cuisine Unesco humanity heritage status.
A parliamentary fact-finding [...]

After a decade of working abroad, designer Karishma Krishna will make her debut at this year’s MTN Durban Fashion Week.
Krishna, 33, of Verulam, who returned to her home town this year, will show her latest range, An Enlightened State of Zen, at fashion week.
“My colours are bold and fused with pastel shades, and my inspiration [...]

No chef polarises people so fervently; those who love him can’t seem to get enough but his critics will surely baulk at another cookbook (his 10th and a spin-off from The F Word television series). Gordon Ramsay’s Healthy Appetite (Hardie Grant, $45) will be released on June 24 in tandem with his appearance at Sydney’s [...]

Local caterer and chef Sam Namakaeha says he’s going to bring Hawaiian cooking to a new generation of chefs. The Molokai resident says he will be taking on his first class of 30 from Aka’ula School when classes resume at the end of June.
Each class will be four hours, says Namakaeha. Students will learn a [...]

This year’s 2nd Annual Cottonwood Forge Antique Tractor and Power Show featured a whole lot more than just tractors, crafters and food, stated Sam Dembitsky, show superintendent.
And the attendance numbers prove it. Sam Dembitsky, who organizer, estimates between 1,200 and 1,500 people. “With people coming and going from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., it is [...]

She’s the woman behind New Zealand’s most iconic fashion label, but Elisabeth Findlay doesn’t let the hype go to her head.
With her red lipstick, jet black hair and trademark black outfit, she looks every bit the fashionista who, along with husband Neville, created Zambesi.
After 29 years designing clothes for Kiwi men and women, the Parnell [...]

Simple, functional and reasonably priced Scandinavian design is absolutely adored by the Chinese these days.
Anne Charlotte Lembye, a young entrepreneur from Denmark, sensed the business potential of the market and opened CPH, a store selling Danish-designed ladies wear and accessories on Taikang Road in Shanghai two weeks ago.
Featuring a clean, all-white edgy outline, the two-story [...]

Jonathan is deeply relieved when Annabel suggests they forgo their customary family holiday in Italy for a week’s camping in Wales. With two sets of school fees for them to worry about, fancy foreign holidays are increasingly looking like a thing of the past. And besides, he has fond memories of childhood camping in Scotland: [...]

Something new and delicious is blossoming between me and the love of my life, and we’re making it happen in front of a roomful of strangers. We’re cooking together.
Sure, we’ve done it side-by-side before — me grilling steak and Dawna making salad, that kind of thing — but in 13 years, we’ve never really cooked [...]