Special Salads and Fabulous Fruits (Engl)

Recipes created by Gordon include agreen papaya salad, a chopped salad and raspberry millefeuille.

How Beer Saved the World (Engl) (Esp)

Did you know that beer was critical to the birth of civilization? That’s right – beer. Scientists and historians line up to tell the amazing, untold story of how beer helped create math, poetry, pyramids, modern medicine, labor laws, and America. If you think beer is just something cold and filling to drink during sporting matches or in the kind of bars that you probably shouldn’t order wine in, then, boy, are you ever in the dark. It turns out beer is responsible for, like, all the greatest things on earth. Learn more about what beer did for you.


(Spanish Subtitles)

Historia de la Ginebra (Esp)

(Bayas de Enebro)

Variedades de Uva Para Vino (Esp)

Variedades de Uva Tinta Para Vino (Esp)

Variedades de Uva Blanca Para Vino (Esp)

The Spice Trail (Engl)

The Spice Trail - Vanilla and Saffron (Engl)


 

Kate Humble's journey takes her from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco to the plains of Spain as she uncovers the story of the world's most expensive spice, saffron, before crossing the Atlantic to Mexico in search of vanilla, a spice discovered by the famous Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes. In the Atlas Mountains, October is saffron harvest month for the Berber people. Kate joins local saffron farmer Ahmed and his family to harvest their crop and visits a stunning store house carved into the mountainside. Worth 4,000 pounds a kilo, saffron is also known as red gold and inspires countless imitations. In Spain, Kate turns detective as she joins a blind tasting to sort out genuine saffron from the fakes and meets a man who tests its DNA in order to make sure it's genuine. The Berbers of Morocco took saffron to Spain in the Muslim conquest of the 8th century, and 800 years later it was an ambitious Spaniard that brought us the next exotic taste, vanilla. It's now so widespread that it has become the world's most popular ice-cream flavour. Kate journeys to Paplanta in Mexico, the birthplace of vanilla, to meet the Totonac - the original guardian of the spice. She witnesses a spectacular death-defying fertility dance and meets the people determined to keep Mexican vanilla alive in the face of the massive competition from other producers.

The Spice Trail - Pepper and Cinnamon (Engl)


 Kate Humble retraces the steps of 15th-century explorers as she sets out on a spice trail that takes her to India and Sri Lanka, the birthplaces of pepper and cinnamon. She begins her travels on India's 'Spice Coast', where she uncovers the story of pepper, once known as black gold and now the most consumed spice in the world. She does the pepper dance to shake the berries from their stalk, meets farmers fighting back against a disease that is devastating pepper crops, and is taught the centuries-old secret language still used by the traders who wheel and deal in the spice. From India, Kate heads south to Sri Lanka, the land of cinnamon - a place shrouded in mystery to Europeans until the Portugese accidentally landed on its shores. She attends the spectacular Buddhist festival, or Perahara, which celebrates local resistance to the invaders, and takes part in the delicate process of harvesting the spice and making a cinnamon quill. Finally, she witnesses the crucial make-or-break negotiations of local farmers trying to sell their crops.



 


The Spice Trail - Nutmeg and Cloves (Engl)


 Kate Humble embarks on a journey around the fabled spice islands of eastern Indonesia in search of two spices that launched epic voyages of discovery, caused bloody wars and shaped empires - nutmeg and cloves. These two spices, grown on an archipelago of tiny volcanic islands, drew European explorers in search of unbelievable wealth, but also led to massacres of local people and the decimation of their culture. Kate meets the people who have rebuilt their lives and communities around the cultivation and trade of nutmeg and cloves, takes her place on one of the fastest produciton lines in the world, and discovers how the battle for these two spices led to the beginning of the British Empire in North America.

Food, Wine, Eating out – a Galician way of life (Engl)

Watch this video to learn about the fantastic local food and wine of Galicia, which includes fish, seafood, tapas, ham and chorizo.

 
 Up in the north-west of Spain, is world-famous for its food and wine. Proud of its locally sourced ingredients and large variety of restaurants, this region is home to an eclectic array of traditional Spanish dishes, including fresh seafood, empanadas, Spanish ham (jamon), chorizo, rustic stews, and a wide variety of local cheese. With the longest stretch of coastline in Spain, stretching for more than 700 miles, the region boasts some of the finest seafood in Europe: lobster, octopus, oysters and fresh fish are all prepared using traditional cooking techiniques in bustling tapas bars and fine-dining restaurants across the region. Fresh produce and the famed oyster farms line Vigo Bay makes Galicia the gastronomic envy of the world. For an alternative to fine-dining, seek out the friendly oyster sellers in Vigo's Casco Vello Market for a fresh alfresco treat. Rías Baixas is the most important Denomination of Origin (DO) in Galicia. Formally established in 1988, this DO wine owes much of its acclaim to the white albariño grape, which has been elevated by many in Spain and abroad to cult status.

Chilli Crab - Singapore (Engl)

Chilli Crab is one of the many dishes that have put Singapore on the world map. The Calamity Chef reveals the story behind this popular local dish.

Sicily Unpacked (Engl)

Art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon teams up with chef Giorgio Locatelli to embark on a journey around Sicily.

Abenteuer Leben täglich Wissen: Hong Kong Tim Raue (DE)

Hongkong - Top 10 Sehenswürdigkeiten zu sehen und zu tun (DE)

Planen Sie Hongkong zu besuchen? Diese erstaunliche Stadt bietet so viel zu sehen und zu tun, wie für Beispielpe:: Lantau, Kowloon, Victoria Peak und Disneyland Hong Kong.

White Truffle Risotto (Engl) Link

We head to 8 ½ Otto e Mezzo to learn how to make the lavish white truffle risotto from chef Umberto Bombana.

Highly prized for its rarity and distinctive and pleasing aroma, white truffles are one of the most precious ingredients in the world of gastronomy. At the peak of the white truffle season, we head to 8 ½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana at Alexandra House in Central to ask the "King of White Truffles" – to teach us how to prepare this luxurious Italian dish for a lavishing Christmas feast at home.

 In this video, chef Bombana will walk through the steps on how to prepare the perfect Italian risotto. He will also give us tips on how to choose the precious white truffles and the best ways of serving them.


 Ingredients:

320g carnaroli rice
40g chopped shallot
400ml chicken and veal white stock
40ml extra virgin olive oil
40ml white wine
15ml mascarpone
15ml taleggio
60g Jerusalem artichoke in small dice
30g unsalted butter
20g extra virgin olive oil
30g Parmigiano reggiano
30g Fontina cheese

Link to the video recipe

 http://hk.dining.asiatatler.com/videos/the-epicurean-express-white-truffle-risotto

Sternekoch Tim Raue setzt auf Qualität (DE) (Engl)

In seinem Restaurant TIM RAUE in Berlin-Mitte setzt der Sternekoch auf höchste Qualität und Handarbeit. Angefangen beim Interieur-Design bis hin zu seinen eigenen Kreationen.