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Eating Right

April 23, 2013 by LUX Magazine

For the conscientious chef, sustainability is more than just a fashionable catch phrase, as our columnist explains, it is both a moral obligation and our best chance for the future. STACEY TEO I am not a professional writer, I’m a chef, but I do know that when writing an article it is good to grab the readers attention right away. How’s this for an attention grabber? According to the World Wildlife Fund, over 73 million sharks are killed each year […]

Categories: Food, Travel • Tags: Chef, fisheries, Marine Stewardship Council, Seafood, Singapore, Sustainability, Sustainable Seafood

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scandic sensation

April 23, 2013 by LUX Magazine

SWEDEN IS CELEBRATING ITS OWN, UNIQUE GASTRONOMIC CULTURE LIKE NEVER BEFORE, AS Caroline Davies DISCOVERS ON A TOUR OF THE CAPITAL Sweden is going back to its own. No longer satisfied with following the dictates of the French, the demands of the Spanish, the inventions of the Americans, Swedes are making a stand. Organic, traditional, simple, smoked, foraged and served, the Swedish food movement is embracing its homegrown tastes and getting its hands dirty. In more than one way, […]

Categories: Food, Travel • Tags: Food, Michelin, Michelin Guide, Stockholm, Sweden, Swedish cuisine, Travel

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Grande Cuvée Brut, the product of as many as 1,000 tastings

why Krug rules

April 22, 2013 by LUX Magazine

THERE ARE CHAMPAGNES, VINTAGE CHAMPAGNES, PRESTIGE CHAMPAGNES, AND, FOR A NUMBER OF CONNOISSEURS, THEN THERE IS KRUG. OUR COLUMNIST, HIMSELF A LEGEND IN THE WINE TRADE, EXAMINES WHAT IT IS THAT MAKES THIS CHAMPAGNE SO SPECIAL “Bring anything you like as long as it starts with K and ends with G.” So I was instructed before a dinner at which only the best would do and it was up to me to bring champagne. So why is Krug considered by […]

Categories: Food, Travel • Tags: Champagne, Champagne House, Champagne Krug, France, Krug, Wine

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Hats off to the preacher man

April 19, 2013 by LUX Magazine

From ‘Princess Kate’ Middleton to Lady Gaga, celebrities are nobody without a Philip Treacy hat. But what drives London’s divine milliner? Caroline Davies probes for the answers from the god of gorgeous headwear “It’s a bit like being a missionary,” Philip Treacy says. “I’m preaching, ‘hats are good.’” To many Philip Treacy is not just a dedicated evangelist of millinery; he is one of its gods. His designs adorn the heads of Royal Princesses and Harry Potter characters, Sarah Jessica […]

Categories: Art & Photography, Design, Fashion • Tags: Asprey, Design, Fashion, London, Miliner, Phaidon, Philip Treacy

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HEAVEN-SCENT DOVE

April 19, 2013 by LUX Magazine

ROJA DOVE’S SCENTS ARE THE ROLLS ROYCES OF THE PERFUME WORLD. AND THE FLAMBOYANT ENGLISHMAN WHO HAS REWRITTEN THE BOOK ON HIGH-END PERFUME FROM THE GULF TO HOLLYWOOD HAS NO INTENTION OF SLOWING DOWN, AS Caroline Davies DISCOVERS OVER GREEN TEA AT CLARIDGE’S Roja Dove’s worst nightmare is to catch a cold. “I find it frightening. I become very panicked. It is like someone, I imagine, would feel if they lost sight. We take in so much about our world […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Claridge's, Fashion, London, Perfume, Roja Dove

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Going on a Bear Hunt

April 12, 2013 by LUX Magazine

Caroline Davies doesn’t care for beaches or spas when she’s on summer holiday. Perhaps foolishly, she mentioned to LUX’s editorial team that she had a taste for adventure. Not long after, she found herself on a plane, headed for America’s wildest bear country. And she survived to tell the tale “Got bear spray?”, the park warden asks. My guide nods and gestures with his chin to me. I helpfully hold up a hairspray size can labelled “50 times stronger than […]

Categories: Travel • Tags: Adventure, America, Holiday, Jackson Hole, Natural Retreats, Travel

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Power with Responsibility

April 12, 2013 by LUX Magazine

OVER THE PAST DECADE, MERCEDES-BENZ AMG MODELS HAVE BECOME A BYWORD FOR THE ULTIMATE COMBINATION OF POWER, LUXURY AND EXCITEMENT. Guy Fiorita SPENT A COUPLE OF DAYS AT AN EXCLUSIVE OWNERS’ EVENT, GETTING TO KNOW THESE THOROUGHBREDS OF THE ROAD – AND FALLING IN LOVE WITH THEM I’m not a car fanatic, a speed freak or adrenaline junkie. I don’t particularly enjoy driving fast. When I learned to drive, I made a conscious effort at smoothness. The goal of […]

Categories: Cars • Tags: AMG, Cars, fast cars, Mercedes, speed, Travel

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Luxury Travel Views

April 12, 2013 by LUX Magazine

DARIUS SANAI’S Luxury travel views Where our Editor-in-Chief ponders culinary conundrums from his sojourns around the world Not so long ago, to experience the best of the world’s cuisine, you had to travel to their origins. Interested in exploring Escoffier’s legacy? Fly to Paris, Burgundy or Lyon. Want to know what the greatest sashimi tastes like? Try the stalls at Tsukiji Market in Tokyo. To taste the best Shanghainese seafood, you’d need to be looking at the Yellow River. Now, […]

Categories: Food, Travel • Tags: Food, Gstaad, London, Miami, Switzerland, Travel

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it’s a small WORLD

April 11, 2013 by LUX Magazine

Christopher Boffoli is the photographer and inspiration behind the astonishing ‘Big Appetites’ series of photographs, of which we publish a selection here. Largely self taught, the Seattle-based photographer decided to take up a creative career after witnessing the events of 9/11 first hand and then sustaining a serious injury at high altitude while mountaineering on Mount Rainier in the Pacific Northwest. The witty, original and thought-provoking Big Appetites was a finalist for a 2012 James Beard Foundation award and […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Art, Boffoli, Food, Photography

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Acrobats and fine dining, Circus, London

Crazy Eats

April 11, 2013 by LUX Magazine

Michelin stars are so twentieth century. Karys Webber rounds up 21 establishments around the world where you can have a meal on the wild side, whatever your tastes MOTO, Chicago Michelin-starred Moto in Chicago is molecular gastronomy at its best. Chef with a hint of mad scientist Homaro Cantu creates the most inventive, surprising and bizarre dishes for a multi-sensory food experience using high tech equipment and intricate techniques. The menu and ingredients change regularly and dishes are given mysterious […]

Categories: Design, Food, Travel • Tags: 'S Baggers, Ayers Rock, Berlin, Chef, Circus, De Kas, DInner in the Sky, Food, London, Michelin, restaurant, Singapore, Sounds of Silence, SPAM, Thailand, The Wrapping Project, Tokyo

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