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  Beef cuts, cooking steak plus FooDiva’s top steakhouse picks in Dubai

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  Steak has just been voted the UAE's most favourite dish - not surprising given the carnivorous culture we live in - but almost two thirds of this vote is from women. Now that's...

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  Your guide to all things cheese – an interview with a cheese connoisseur

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  She devised the walk-in cheese room, a little library that the likes of Wholefoods Market and other gourmet stores have since copied...

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  Dining differently in Dubai…at a chef’s table

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  Dubai; I dine out a lot, in restaurants that is. But I don't often dine INSIDE the kitchen. Not my kitchen, even though on occasion I do, but a restaurant's.

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  10 London food and restaurant trends that Dubai should eat up – first course

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  London, like New York, Paris, Tokyo and perhaps even San Sebastian, is revered for its restaurant scene leading the way in global food trends. Whether it’s a Michelin-starred restaurant, pub grub or street food...

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  The world’s most expensive pizza, or just Dubai’s?

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  A tweet pings from @CubicleMeathead asking if I have tried Third Avenue Café at Dubai Mall. Well as coincidence would have it, I am in the midst of a shopping spree there and...

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  Meet food editor, writer and coach Dianne Jacob, plus perfecting pizza

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  I am not sure if I was more nervous soaking up Dianne Jacob’s words of wisdom in her writing workshop or whilst interviewing her in London. After all she is an award-winning...

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  Meat your beef

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  Australian Blackmore Wagyu beef, which from what FooDiva tasted recently at Al Maha is good enough to rival original Wagyu from Kobe in Japan (pre-Fukushima nuclear disaster). Incidentally, Tomo...

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  The world’s most expensive cocktail?…plus a Christmas lunch goodie

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  Dubai; Could it be the world's most expensive cocktail? Well with a name like 'Diamonds Are Forever' you would think so. The cocktail tipple mixes...

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  Restaurant reviews, food blogging and going viral

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  I eat out more often than I eat in. I sometimes make a restaurant reservation under my dining companion's name. If there’s window seating and it’s daylight, am grabbing that table. Once I’ve ordered, if the menu isn't online I nab it...

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