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Czech communist whisky matures to excellence

Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 16:04 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The Scottish peat was put on trucks and trains. The destination was Communist-era Czechoslovakia. The recipient: apparatchiks desperate for a decent whisky.   The journey beyond the Iron...

New chef, new dishes at TemptAsian

Thursday, 25 April 2013, 11:07 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Raju Arjal is the new chef at TemptAsian, the renowned rooftop restaurant at The Palace. Prior to coming to Malta chef Arjal studied Hospitality Management and Food preparation in one of Nepal’s...

A cocktail competition for all

Thursday, 25 April 2013, 11:05 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Cocktail competitions pop up all the time and are usually aimed at cocktail bar tenders. It is actually quite rare to find a competition open to all but P. Cutajar& Co. Ltd has done exactly this...

Tuna collapse fears fail to curb Japan's appetite

Saturday, 9 March 2013, 13:33 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

It is the king of sushi, one of the most expensive fish in the world — and dwindling so rapidly that some fear it could vanish from restaurant menus within a generation.   Yet there is...

Top bourbon maker Beam dips into white whiskey

Friday, 8 March 2013, 13:08 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The world's largest bourbon producer is dipping into moonshining's colorful past to create its own batches of white whiskey.   Beam Inc.'s newest spirit is called Jacob's...

Tobacco cuisine on display at Cuba Cigar Festival

Thursday, 7 March 2013, 13:02 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

    Tobacco: It's what's for dinner.   A team of Croatian chefs whipped up a pungent meal Thursday, infusing the flavor of the tobacco leaf synonymous with Cuba into...

Modernist cooking creates surge of science shops

Wednesday, 6 March 2013, 15:27 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Milk, eggs, cheese, tomatoes, transglutaminase, sodium citrate...   It may not sound like the last grocery list you wrote, but the growing appeal of so-called modernist cooking — a...

Masi proprietor’s visit

Sunday, 3 March 2013, 10:25 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Mister Amarone, the way Dott. Sandro Boscaini, owner of Masi Agricola, is described by Kate Singleton in the book, Amarone The making of an Italian Wine Phenomenon, was in Malta as the guest of his...

Nobu honored at South Beach Wine and Food Festival

Friday, 1 March 2013, 16:18 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

His name is drawn on the napkins and chop sticks at his more than 30 restaurants around the world, but chef and restaurateur Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa prefers to stay out of the...

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