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  Top 10 brunches in Dubai

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  Believe it or not, Dubai has its very own Wikipedia entry under brunch – alongside you’d think New York perhaps, but no rather bizarrely, Canada. No other country or city features. Why is brunch here in Dubai such an institution, more so than anywhere else in the world?

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  For the sake of sake: a guide to all things sake

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  Dubai; If you love a tipple of sake, do you prefer it served warm or chilled? I've always enjoyed mine at room temperature until I travelled around Japan three years ago where it's frowned upon. Etiquette says...

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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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