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Cairo Food Week

Cairo Food Week spotlights Cairo as a culinary destination, gathering the world’s best chefs and hungry travellers to the Nile once again.

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Bread is not a course, so please stop serving it as one.

Bread is only ever a side dish, no matter what you do it.

Jun 18 •

Social media is a popularity contest, not an honesty box.

Virality and sensationalism create performative food influencers aching to be popular, and leaving honesty in the dust.

Mar 23 •

Incentives Corrupt Honesty

Let's talk about the root of all evil with food influencers. "Honesty" is a symptom but to cure, you must treat the disease.

Mar 12 •

Honesty is not the problem. It's not even the start.

Food cognoscenti eat their own kind. Again.

Feb 19 •

The Best Chef Awards 2024

Another list, another awards, what does it mean and do we care?

Nov 10, 2024 •

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Pallavi Sangtani

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Courtney Brandt

Michelin Guide Dubai 2024

The Starry Guide's Third Chapter shows growth and promise, with (most) wrongs righted.

Jul 7, 2024 •

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Courtney Brandt

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Pallavi Sangtani

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2024

The winners, the awards, the Las Vegas Strip: does 2024’s list stack up and what are we meant to take from it?

Jun 9, 2024 •

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Pallavi Sangtani

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Courtney Brandt

Something for the Weekend #2: BOCA's New “El Vino Es Vida” Wine Menu

Michelin Green Starred BOCA launches "El Vino es Vida" nudging the wine shy towards their cellar's hidden gems.

May 3, 2024 •

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