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Memphis barbecue will keep its global renown despite death of restaurant chain’s founder
DestinationsDon Pelts, who founded the Memphis-based barbecue restaurant Corky’s Ribs and Bar-B-Q and helped increase the popularity of the savory food style with a shipping and supermarket sales business, has died, a relative said Thursday. Pelts’ son, Barry Pelts, said his father died Wednesday night of a heart attack at age 72. Pelts opened the [...]
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Popular Las Vegas restaurant closes after food poisoning hits 200 people
DestinationsA new report shows 200 people who dined at one of Las Vegas’ most popular restaurants about a block off the Strip have reported food poisoning symptoms, making it the largest outbreak southern Nevada health officials have seen in at least a decade. Sick patrons who dined at Firefly, a tapas restaurant on Paradise Road, [...]
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Mumbai’s Parsi cafe culture is a blend of people and cuisines
DestinationsI eat the best creme caramel of my life in 26C heat, with life-sized cutouts of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge smiling down at me from the dining room’s slightly slanting balcony. A pigeon snoozes on the lone chandelier, dusty beneath peeling turquoise paintwork, and ceiling fans whirr above crowded, chattering tables. I’m sitting [...]
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Forget the Spanish sun, tapas and wine brought in 5.6 million tourists last year
DestinationsTurespaña…estimates that 5.6 million tourists were wooed to Spain last year to taste any of the local specialities. This data, corresponding to 2012, meant that gastro-visitors grew by 4.25 compared to a year earlier. These are clear indications that, as it was suspected, gastronomy is taking center stage when it comes to attracting foreign holidaymakers [...]
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São Paulo cuisine reinvents itself with new pride for Brazil’s natural resources
DestinationsLast month Alex Atala was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world for taking on “the enormous task of shaping a better food culture for Latin America. His philosophy of using native Brazilian ingredients in haute cuisine has mesmerized the continent.” This week, DOM, his São Paulo restaurant, was voted [...]
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The best 100 restaurants in the world are mostly in Europe
DestinationsEl Celler de Can Roca, a Spanish family establishment, last night headed the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, toppling Noma. The awards for Restaurant magazine, sponsored by San Pellegrino and Acqua Panna, are selected in a vote by food writers, chefs and gourmets. El Celler, run by three brothers north of Barcelona, spent two years [...]
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Five travel startups hack roaming fees, restaurants and hotel bookings
DigitalInnovate, innovate, innovate is the mantra running through the minds of entrepreneurs entering the travel startup space today. It makes no difference to today’s founders whether there’s already an incumbent successfully handling their proposed problem or a tried and true solutions to their users’ most common pain points; and that’s a good thing. This week’s [...]
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TripAdvisor’s expands gluttonous menu with Australia restaurant reservations
DestinationsAustralian restaurant booking website Dimmi has revealed how it signed a partnership with global travel website TripAdvisor, less than a month after teaming up with Google. TripAdvisor, which operates in 30 countries, also has a variety of travel options and planning features, with links to booking tools. Travellers can now gain access to real-time restaurant [...]
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Noma co-founder could spark culinary tourism in Bolivia with local venture
DestinationsFrom the world’s highest navigable lake to a salt flat which can be seen from space, Bolivia has more than its fair share of natural wonders to attract tourists. But few visitors are drawn to Bolivia for its food. In fact, as Latin American countries go, it’s near the bottom of the list for gastronomes. [...]
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TripAdvisor targets Yelp as it dives deeper into restaurant data
DigitalAt least TripAdvisor doesn’t operate an airline yet. It is doing just about everything else in travel. A Los Angeles-based data company, Factual, announced it will begin providing TripAdvisor with restaurant data “to complement TripAdvisor’s dining options and reviews.” “The data which Factual provides includes everything from location, hours of operation, cuisine type, valet parking [...]
