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/PRNewswire/ -- Filipino chef Johanne Siy of Lolla in Singapore wins the Asias Best Female Chef Award for 2023. Siy is the first Singapore-based chef to win...

The acclaimed head chef of Lolla in Singapore will be honoured at the live awards ceremony on 28th March 2023 LONDON, Feb. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Filipino chef Johanne Siy of Lolla

Crafthouse Cocktails, the pioneering ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktail brand co-founded by world-champion bartender, Charles Joly, and trailblazing bar owner/restaurateur, Matt Lindner, announces the launch of 2 new highballs: Gin & Tonic and Vodka Soda.

“That toothsome meal arguably saved the Republic,” says the journalist, whose new book is “Dinner With the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House,” of Thomas Jefferson’s so-called Dinner Table Bargain. “The debate at Jefferson’s reverberates today.”

From swimming with sea turtles to exploring crystal caves, here are 10 things to do on this Caribbean island.

Locals escape by hanging out at the beach. and why not when you can and maybe get a tattoo while youre at it. is that sanitary? ♪ youve been here before. >> eric: oh yeah, man. >> anthony: i take erics suggestion, and we head over to see chef javier wong, uniquely nonconformist seafood specialist, famous for his incredible and uncompromising ceviches and his flaming wok. if peru has a national dish, its probably ceviche. the freshest fish only needs the right cut, a little citrus, and no heat.

>> eric: yeah. >> anthony: and which is pretty much what were here to look at. >> eric: yes, absolutely. >> anthony: where, where, where it comes from, whats involved. eric ate some of chriss chocolate, heard about these wild cacao trees he was sourcing from in peru, and promptly got me involved in this designer chocolate bar business. im rather famously a guy that i dont really -- i never really gave a -- about desserts. you, on the other hand, you, you are -- you eat chocolate every day. >> er...

Us a traditional peruvian mountain meal. >> chris: wow. >> anthony: oh, whoa. >> johanna: juanes. >> eric: juanes? >> johanna: juanes. >> anthony: juanes are rice dumplings with boiled egg, chicken, and achote inside. wow. >> eric: this is amazing. >> anthony: mm. >> eric: buonissimo. [ johanna speaking spanish ] >> anthony: mm. mm-hmm. >> anthony: and not surprisingly, some cuy, or guinea pig, of which there seems to be many around for the taking, this preparation served with a cacao sauce. oh,...

Including, and most interesting to us, a strain of cacao previously thought to be almost extinct. a few years ago, the valleys cacao trees were genetically tested at a usda lab and proven to have identical dna to one of the rarest forms of cacao in the world, this stuff, the real deal, pure nacionale. don fortunato is our cacao connection, a farmer whose family has been working these mountains for over 40 years. >> chris: so theyre just absolutely beautiful when they start out. absolutely beauti...

Whats the most common thing that people do wrong? >> eric: the quality of the ingredients. you dont do a ceviche with something that is not ultra fresh. >> anthony: right. >> eric: the cut is very important, the thickness. >> anthony: right. >> eric: and when you do the ceviche, you dont do it too much ahead of time. >> anthony: the whole place is served whatever menu hes doing that day, same for everybody. and today, the flounder he got from the market is particularly nice, so thats what were g...