Culinary Achievers

What is food for Soul? World renowned chef Massimo Bottura has launched the Food for Soul organization which is aimed at fighting food waste through creative management of daily food waste. Through Food for Soul, he will be supporting the opening of soup kitchens based on the Refettorio Ambrosiano model and also empowering communities around the world. Massimo Bottura is an Italian restaurateur and the chef patron of  Osteria Francescana , a three-Michelin-star restaurant based in Modena, Italy Osteria Francescana has been listed in the top 5 at The World's 50 Best Restaurants Awards since 2010 and received top ratings from ESPRESSO, Gambero Rosso and the Touring Club guides. In June 2016 Osteria Francescana was ranked No. 1 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants, and No. 2 in 2017. The idea In a world where one third of the food we produce is thrown away, we need to ask ou...

LAO CUISINE    What is lao’s cuisine? Lao cuisine is the cuisine of Laos, which is distinct from other Southeast Asian cuisines.The staple food of the Lao is steamed sticky rice, which is eaten by hand. In fact, the Lao eat more sticky rice than any other people in the world. Often the Lao will refer to themselves as "luk khao niaow", which can be translated as "children or descendants of sticky rice". The most famous Lao dish is larb (sometimes also spelled laap), a spicy mixture of marinated meat or fish that is sometimes raw with a variable combination of herbs, greens, and spices. Another Lao invention is a spicy green papaya salad dish known as tam mak hoong, more famously known to the West as som tam.A French legacy is still evident in the capital city, Vientiane, where baguettes are sold on the street and French restaurants are common and popular, which were first introduced when Laos was a part of French Indochina. Lao cuisine ori...