Let's discover what's hot and happening - and very tasty - in food and travel for 2011?
1. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Why? There's a royal wedding on - the biggest for three decades - with Prince William and Catherine Middleton tying the knot on April 29 in Westminster Abbey.
When to go? Expect festivities all year as even after the wedding, the city will then be tuning up for the 2012 Olympics.
Why? China's largest island is the size of Belgium. Its beaches and green hinterland and clear air - as well as its Hainanese cuisine - make it a magnet for tourists.
When? Best from October to March. April to June can be hot and humid and there can be typhoons between July and September.
Why? Sandwiched between the well-known tourist spots of Thailand and Vietnam, this little country may be forgotten - but it is distinct and delightful and very beautiful.
When? The monsoon period is hot and humid, so November to May is cooler and dryer.
The next update will arrive shortly. In the meantime, enjoy a selection of images of some of the creatures we have met in our travels.
TWENTY ELEVEN
What's hot and happening - and very tasty - in food and travel for 2011?
TWENTY EXCITING PLACES (& things to do) FOR THIS YEAR:
1. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Why? There's a wedding on - the biggest for three decades - with Prince William and Catherine Middleton tying the knot on April 29 in Westminster Abbey.
When? Expect festivities all year as even after the wedding, the city will then be tuning up for the 2012 Olympics.
ELEVEN FOOD TRENDS for 2011� coming to a table near you!
Even if you don't eat out much, these can still become part of your daily cooking habits.
If it's not already a trend where you live, you can start one!
1. Go grains (and seeds)! Freekah, quinoa, amaranth, chia. They're good Scrabble words, and even better nutrition.
freekah - smoked green wheat, delicious in a pilaf or a salad, or instead of rice.
quinoa - pronounced KEEN-wah, this ancient South American grass was sacred to the Incas. Prepare it like rice and use it as a breakfast cereal, or in place of rice.
amaranth - grown in Asia and the Americas, this superfood is more a seed than a grain and ideal for people intolerant to gluten.
chia seeds - another Aztec wonder-food, these seeds are the newest kids on the culinary block. Packed with nutrients - just stir into water and let thicken naturally.
also try buckwheat (said to be useful for vascular health and a good alternative to oatmeal when cooked as a kasha porridge), black rice (once only allowed for an Emperor's table), spelt (an ancient form of wheat - the flour is a great addition to bread or biscuits) and barley (an oldie, but a goodie - great in soups)
2. Lose the silver and the chairs. Break the family dining mould.
pack a picnic - eat in a park, the beach or your garden
go casual - invite friends, but ask them to bring a course, or become progressive and have one course at your place, then the next one at theirs.
3. Stretch your dining boundaries - other cuisines. Even if you can't travel overseas find a restaurant serving a cuisine you have never eaten and make a booking.
Try:
pho - a Vietnamese soup bursting with herbs and vegetables and fragrant flavours.
parradilla - Argentinean grilled meats that come to the table on massive skewers.
ceviche - a South American seafood dish where the fish is 'cooked' with lemon or lime juice.
buy an App for your phone or computer to discover new restaurants and cafes.
4. Colour is king. Antioxidants are more essential than ever and it's easy to know where to get them.
Go for colour - red, green, blue, yellow. Eat the rainbow and you cant go far wrong.
11,000BC Grain is begun to be grown in the Near East. Land is cleared for food production using fire.
2000BC Cattle begin to be raised in the near East. Africa begins to cultivate watermelon, Arabia grows figs, tea and bananas are grown in India, and apples in the Indus Valley.
1150BC In Egypt, leavened bread for the aristocrats as well as wine and beer. The villagers have flat bread.
311BC Rome enjoys pure drinking water after aqueduct completed the previous year.
200BC Japanese produce salt for food preservation from dried seaweed, and early miso from soy beans. Rice production begins there too, and possibly sake.
110BC The Romans begin to cultivate oysters near the present-day Naples.
110AD Ginger and cassia (cinnamon) are two major spices being traded by China on the Silk Road into Eastern Europe.
711 Moors invade the Iberian Peninsula and introduce irrigation and other agricultural practices. They bring saffron, rice and sugar.
1011 Hardier and better cropping strains of rice are imported into China from Vietnam.
1110 Les Halles, the famous French food markets open with a few fish stalls outside the palace walls in Paris.
1511 With the capture of Malacca (now in Malaysia) the Portuguese have control of the spice trade in the Far East. The first description of New World corn is given to the Spanish court by an Italian scholar.
1711 British dining habits begin to change with tea instead of beer served at breakfast.
1811 The Russian practice (a la Russe) of serving meals in courses begins to be fashionable. Sugar beet production begins in France.
A hundred years ago 1911 Stainless steel is patented in the US. Crisco, the first solid hydrogenated vegetable shortening is made. First corn oil made. Michelin Guide for Britain and Ireland published.
Seventy-five years ago 1936 The first Giant Food Store supermarket opens in Washington D.C. Soya bean oil is manufactured. The Joy of Cooking by Irma Rombauer is published. The Mars Bar (originally Mars Almond Bar) introduced by Mars Candy Co. Dom Pérignon Champagne introduced by Moét.
Fifty years ago 1961 Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle is published.
Twenty-five years ago 1986 First genetically altered plants released in the US. Microwavable popcorn developed. McDonald's and Burger King release ingredient information for the first time
(facts from The Food Chronology, James Trager, Aurum, Press, 1996)
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