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Night market mania in Sri Lanka
Night market mania in Sri Lanka
Our gourmet traveller leaves the tropical beaches for the hustle and bustle of Galle Face Green Night Market.

No flies on New Dutch cuisine
No flies on New Dutch cuisine
Brent Meersman wanders down Amsterdam's historic streets and finds something more than pancakes, waffles and croquettes.

Eating out in the Big Apple
Eating out in the Big Apple
New York City is a foodie’s Mecca but it’s easy to get snapped up by tourist traps. Nevenka Ristic takes us on the less travelled path to true dining enlightenment.

48 hours in Sydney
48 hours in Sydney
Ever wondered where to eat in Sydney? In a flying visit, Irna van Zyl squeezes in two of the greats.

An afternoon in Argentina
An afternoon in Argentina
On holiday in Argentina, Anelde Greeff tackles bife de chorizo,dulce de leche and a hefty serving of a adrenalin.

Zanzibar: the spice of life
Zanzibar: the spice of life
Our gourmet traveller discovers purple octopus, stuffed chapatti and orange crab claws in Zanzibar...

Off to market
Off to market
The makers of the third Harry Potter film used its narrow streets as the location for Diagon Alley, and there is certainly something faintly magical about Borough Market. Katharine Jacobs explores London's oldest market...

Bagamoyo: 'lay down your heart'
Bagamoyo: 'lay down your heart'
In the little fishing village of Bagamoyo, Tanzania, where thousands of  slaves once departed on crowded slave ships, Nicole McCreedy learns the art of making chapattis, and how to lay down her heart.

In darkest Peru
In darkest Peru
Rodents, alpaca steak and coca leaf tea might sound a little unorthodox. But, as Katharine Jacobs discovers, there's something wonderfully welcoming about Peruvian cuisine.

48 hours in Paris
48 hours in Paris
“So” our tame Parisian says, on our first night in Paris, “what would you like to see while you are ‘ere?”

Lemons and lobster at Ancora d’Ouro cafè, Ilha de Moçambique
Lemons and lobster at Ancora d’Ouro cafè, Ilha de Moçambique
“Only mad dogs and Englishman go out in the midday sun” as Noel Coward’s lyrics go. It does not seem much of a surprise, then, that the two men standing in the middle of an otherwise deserted square in Stonetown, Ilha de Moçambique are English.  

Care-free dining at Maputo’s Costa do Sol
Care-free dining at Maputo’s Costa do Sol
Costa do Sol 
  Along the palmed beachfront away from the hub of Maputo, on Avenida de Marginal, lies the Costa do Sol restaurant. Since opening its doors in the 1930s, the art-deco establishment has become something of an institution. ‘It was the last outpost at the end of a dirt track before people went hunting,’ the manager, Paulo Babiolakis, tells me. ‘They popularised Lourenço...

Tomato tales in Tel Aviv
Tomato tales in Tel Aviv
During the week that I'm lucky enough to find myself in Israel, the country's experiencing a minor crisis. And, making for a refreshing change, it's not on the political front.

Viva Nash Vegas
Viva Nash Vegas
Nashville, Tennessee is not your typical foodie destination. In fact, it’s not even your typical holiday destination unless you’re an aspiring singer or want to see where Johnny Cash and Miley Cyrus took their first cowboy-boot-clad steps

A visit to Ethiopia has its perks
A visit to Ethiopia has its perks
This is one cultural ceremony where no-one falls asleep. Coffee was first discovered and enjoyed in Ethiopia, but not in the form we know it today. By Mike Copeland

Jamie goes Italian
Jamie goes Italian
British pop-star chef, Jamie Oliver, seems set for world domination as he adds a range of Italian eateries to his ever-expanding foodie empire.

Best New Restaurant 2009
Best New Restaurant 2009
BanQ restaurant in the Massachusetts capital of Boston, was voted Best New Restaurant by British design glossy, Wallpaper*, in their 2009 Design Awards.

Dining in the dark
Dining in the dark
An American-based restaurant group, Opaque, challenges the conventions of eating out by keeping their guests in the dark - literally.

Shanghai's Jade on 36
Shanghai's Jade on 36
At Shanghai’s shiniest culinary gem - the cutting-edge Jade on 36 - avant garde food and a fabulous sense of humour collide, writes Emma Jordan.

A new foodie buzzword
A new foodie buzzword
Looking for a new foodie buzzword to casually drop at your next swish dinner party? Listen up - Annette Klinger is in the know.

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