We hosted an Arabian-inspired Dubai sunset soiree for the Dubai launch of Grantourismo and our year-long grand tour yesterday here at our luxurious villa rental on The Palm island. As is typical of Dubai, our home for many years, our guest list was multicultural, and included Dubai bloggers and tweeps, and friends old and new, … Read more
There is nothing quite as relaxing as a late weekend eggs breakfast or a slow breakfast on a holiday. This scrambled eggs with Arabic sausage and za’atar toast recipe gives a Middle Eastern twist to classic scrambled eggs. Made in our Dubai villa rental kitchen, it’s the first recipe in our Weekend Eggs series of … Read more
A rustic trullo in Puglia, a colourful Mexican casita in San Miguel de Allende, a snug studio in Buenos Aires, and a beach house in Costa Rica… this year is going to see us settling into a wide variety of HomeAway rental properties around the world, from compact budget places to luxurious sprawling homes, including … Read more
On Tuesday afternoon we were sipping Moet in the Emirates Lounge* at Melbourne Airport to toast the start of our grand tour, at dawn on Wednesday our luggage was being unloaded from our chauffer-driven limo**, minutes later our housekeeper Azem was showing us around our swish villa on The Palm Jumeirah, and soon after we … Read more
One of the best things about our work as a food and travel writer and photographer team is that we get to spend time in some of the world’s best restaurant kitchens. One of our most memorable experiences was spending a night behind the scenes at Reflets by Pierre Gagnaire in Dubai. These are my … Read more