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  Celebrity chefs and food authors galore at LitFest

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  Dubai; You may not associate Dubai's so called LitFest, officially known as the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature with food, but next week we have six chefs and authors in town who are set to regale us with foodie tales and in some cases cook too.

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  Sophie’s – a new home-grown café opens in Dubai

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  Dubai; When FooDiva heard the founders of Okku, the fabulous home-grown Japanese restaurant at Dubai's Monarch hotel had opened another locally developed concept, a so-called 'gastro-café', Sophie's on Palm Jumeirah, I had to pop in.

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• The Beach House at Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi

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  Abu Dhabi; Given many projects are delayed on Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat island, the capital's cultural hub one day inshallah, it's most exciting to see new resorts springing up...well we have Formula One to thank.

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  FooDiva turns one, plus a birthday gift!

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  Dubai; I can't quite believe it's FooDiva's first birthday today - one divaliciously full year since the official announcement. What started out as an amateur foodie blog whilst travelling in Japan and China has grown into my life and my passion.

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  Gaucho Dubai – an Argentine restaurant or steakhouse?

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  Dubai; Having interviewed the man behind Gaucho Dubai and attended an impressive media opening, FooDiva was most excited to finally review the all-Argentine meat and wine list. So how does the brand's second Middle East location (at DIFC) fare?

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  Tea For You…and me

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  Dubai has for a little while, had a home-grown tea shop brand, by the name of Tea For You - well actually it's about to celebrate its first birthday next week.

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  Dubai rings in Chinese new year

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  Dubai; On the eve of Chinese new year, FooDiva would like to wish friends and fans celebrating a very happy 2012, as we ring in the year of the legendary water dragon. But more importantly who doesn't love a good Chinese...meal that is?

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  Table 9 at Hilton Dubai Creek – worth booking a table?

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  Dubai; Two months into opening and with promising reviews, FooDiva was looking forward with sky-high expectations I should add, to a Table 9 restaurant reservation at Hilton Dubai Creek. Now incase you're not familiar, we're talking about Scott Price's and Nick Alvis' new home-grown restaurant brand replacing Gordon Ramsay's Verre.

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  New year, new Gourmet, plus a Seville travel feature

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  Dubai; Now onto my monthly update of all things Gourmet. The January issue is out on the shelves, and aside from my expert column, here's a flavour of what you can tuck into this month.

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