The best new cookbooks offer so much more than recipes, they tell stories, provide history and context, and share culinary traditions, rituals and memories, inviting readers into the lives of their authors. Great cookbooks like great recipes provide so much more than instructions to making delicious dishes. They offer opportunities to get a taste of … Read more
These are the best Christmas markets in Europe for sipping warming glühwein and munching on kartoffelpuffers (potato cakes), for shopping for artisanal Christmas gifts – from old-fashioned, handcrafted, wooden children’s toys to hand-knit woollen scarfs, mittens and beanies – for buying homemade edible souvenirs, such as Christmas cakes, biscuits, honey, and preserves, and for gawking … Read more
Our collection of recipes for homemade edible Christmas gifts include recipes for condiments, hot sauces, chilli oils, a whole array of pickles, spice blends, and spicy snacks, such as our Cambodian and Vietnamese roasted peanuts. While cheap to make, these are food gifts that are rich in meaning. We guarantee they’ll get used, rather than … Read more
Our Christmas gifts for street food lovers include everything from a tote bag featuring Cambodia’s favourite street food snack to a cushion covered in Bangkok noodles. Available from our Grantourismo Society6 shop and created from images by travel and food photographer Terence Carter (one half of Grantourismo), these are Christmas gift ideas for your food … Read more
Sustainable souvenirs to buy in Southeast Asia include anything that’s handmade and handcrafted, fair trade and ethically-produced rather than factory-made, and locally created rather than imported. Traditional crafts, art and artisanal wares, along with eco-friendly, pre-loved, recycled, and up-cycled things are all good sustainable choices. Elephant pants are not. There’s a reason I’m singling out … Read more