The posts feature recipes that we have gathered and created during our travels, including recipes from The Dish and Weekend Eggs posts.
Feb
17
While we were in London I saw a TV cooking show where chefs were asked to make an omelette as quickly as possible. Making an omelette is a test of a good chef. Many chefs ask potential cooks to make them an omelette to test both their skills with a skillet and their ability to …
Feb
14
By Lara Dunston “Will you be having one of these parties at every destination you visit?” was the most common question I fielded at our buzzy Grantourismo launch party in London on Thursday night. The motivation for the question was the fact we’d hosted a pre-launch soiree in Dubai last week, then the cocktail party …
Feb
07
We hosted a little Arabian-inspired pre-launch party for Grantourismo yesterday here at our villa on The Palm. As is typical of Dubai, our guest list was multicultural, and included Dubai bloggers and ‘tweeps’, and a handful of friends, all from the media, publishing, arts, hospitality, and airline industries – and all really lovely people. I devised …
Feb
05
There is nothing quite as relaxing as a late weekend breakfast, or a slow breakfast on a holiday. After a couple of coffees and an attempt at working your way through the weekend edition of your favourite newspaper, you’re probably getting peckish. One of the things we love about a rental house or apartment over …
Jan
07
This is an introduction to one of our regular series on Grantourismo called The Dish. One of the goals of our continuous contemporary Grand Tour of the world is to gather knowledge and experiences – an essential ingredient of the traditional grand tour. For me, a top priority will be learning about the local cuisine, because food …
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