Thibault Odent, brand ambassador for the global wine negociant, ‘Mestrezat Grand Crus’ was in Phnom Penh last week and together we enjoyed a delightful lunch with a few well-chosen wines. The afternoon was spent...

Pickle me Ginger The dinner invitation came with its own title: ‘Nurture Your Culture’ and a sub-title for those, (me) who simply had no idea, it was apparently going to be a ‘Fermented Feast’,...

Cambodians love to eat bananas and the ubiquitous tropical fruit, which has its origins in Southeast Asia, is an incredibly nutritious and healthy part of the local diet. Bananas are an excellent source of...

The bitter and twisted Negroni has somehow become the trendiest cocktail of the decade, with Conde Nast Traveler magazine suggesting it is to New Millennials what the Cosmopolitan was to Yuppies way back in...

  As a young lad working in the winery I would here the term terroir thrown about by the senior winemakers, a French word which, I was told had no literal English translation. As I...

One of the all-time great food films is a 2011 documentary entitled ‘ Jiro Dreams of Sushi’, which tells the story of Jiro and his small, inconspicuous, ten seat sushi restaurant in the tunnels...

Vittoria De Bortoli left Italy fleeing the ravages and depression in Europe as a result of the First World War. The young Italian arrived in Australia with little to his name save the clothes...

Throughout the period of the Khmer Empire there was obviously great devotion to the kings of Angkor, who were regarded as living incarnations of gods. The great beauty and high art of the buildings,...