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The Electrolux Cube - a different dining experience

For those of you with good memories, you’ll recognise this as something we featured in our April 2011 edition of foodwatching. It’s in London now and has proved such a hit that it’s time has been extended to run through to the 31st December...

7th Annual StarChefs.com International Chefs Congress NY

If you need an excuse to go to New York this weekend (other than shopping!), this is it. Billed as the most thrilling industry food event of the year: the 7th Annual Starchefs.com International Chefs Congress takes place from September 30 to October 2 at the Park Avenue Armory.

From history-plundering menus and heirloom archaeology to progressive technologies and boundary-breaking culinary concepts, StarChefs.com has tracked an industry-wide embrace of the history and horizons of food and drink. And for its seventh year, ICC will celebrate this phenomenon, with three days programming that showcases the creative searching and innovating that connect the industry’s earliest roots to its wildest imaginations—its origins and its frontiers...

Pierre Koffman awarded Chef of the Year

It’s that time of the year again….. that is, for the AA Food Awards, and who better than the legendary Pierre Koffman to be awarded the Chef of the Year title. This award means a lot to chefs as it’s the one that is voted for by other chefs...

Cupcakes with more substance than style

The BBC interviewed our very own Charles this week – National Cupcake Week – on cupcakes, the rise of their popularity and their place in the future. Click the link to read the full article by Deborah Reddihough and Michelle Warwicker. http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/0/19589210...

Red mango Launch 'Fro-Yo Mash-Ups'

Delicious foods, when blended together, can create mind-blowing flavours, especially when frozen yogurt and decadent desserts are involved. This is why Red Mango, the number one Zagat-rated frozen yogurt and smoothie chain in America, announced the launch of its new "Fro-Yo Mashups," an innovative line of softly-swirled frozen desserts that are made by mashing up Red Mango all-natural non-fat frozen yogurt and indulgent treats… like cookies and cupcakes...