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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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  An interview with an Italian self-taught, celebrity chef

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  He’s a self-taught chef and a rather famous one at that, but otherwise he would have become an anthropologist. His cooking ethos is all about...

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  Can Picante spice up the Portuguese restaurant scene in Dubai?

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  I had high hopes for Picante, one of two new Portuguese restaurants to open in Dubai this year. High hopes because Dubai desperately needs a decent Portuguese...

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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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  Dubai has a new chic café

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  Every now and again, Dubai surprises us with the opening of locally conceptualised eateries, and Comptoir 102 Café is just that, and more...

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  Steam, blend, chop and whisk with Jamie Oliver, well kind of – presented by Philips

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  Dubai; We know how much you love competitions, so here’s the second in a series from the Philips and Jamie Oliver kitchen collection, where we’re giving away one steamer and one hand blender to two lucky winners.

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  A damn good dining deal in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and globally

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  Set menus for business lunches are aplenty here in Dubai, but when it comes to dinner, we have to pay full whack for à la carte or an umpteen-course degustation menu. Why can't we have...

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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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  The Brazilian churrascaria craze hits Dubai

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  Dubai; Traffic is steaming on a Thursday night. Our taxi driver doesn't know how to reach the hotel, and neither does Google maps so we decide to jump out and make our own way...

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