New Beijing-based chain seeks to offer customers authentic cafe experience
If the name Zhang Da sounds unfamiliar, nobody can blame you. That is because Zhang has earned a reputation as one of China's most mysterious designers, as he shows little enthusiasm for self-promotion. But, he is well-known for his unique vision, best illustrated by his new label Mei Bian (Boundless) and more recently from his enlistment as the designer for Hermes?up-and-coming China-based label Shang Xia (Topsy-turvy).
Michelin-decorated chef Marco Sacco has decided to camp by the Liangma River at Beijing's Maizidian on the fringe of the city's diplomatic quarters, in his first overseas venture out of Italy.
The mysterious culture of China's ethnic minorities is served on the menu right along the signature dishes. This folk cuisine specialist located in the heart of Shanghai also signals its ability to take its diners on a tasty tour to Yunnan and beyond with its iconic dcor in red and gold, the vibrant colors of ethnic groups in Yunnan and its neighbor, Tibet.
Every time I hear the word "cookie", I think of being a kid and getting a cookie as a treat. As children, my siblings and I spent a lot of time peering into a big blue tin of Danish butter cookies.
It is a difficult grape to plant - susceptible to bugs, the heat, the cold, soil that is too rich and soil that is too poor. It is fussy, temperamental and difficult both to grow and vinify. Yet vintners from France to as far afield as New Zealand invest time and tender loving care in the Pinot Noir, coaxing lean amounts of wine out of sparse harvests.
The Russia Pavilion explains that better urban living can be created from children's dreams, Yu Ran reports.
For some reason visitors to the Japanese Corporate Pavilion are forbidden from taking photographs, so they have to rely on their memories when recounting the contents of the exhibits to their friends.
LOS ANGELES - When Illeana Douglas, long active in independent film, wanted to make a show about a Hollywood actress who becomes a blue-collar worker, she turned to the Web and to an unusual ally, Ikea.
At a glance there is not much glamour in a coat or T-shirt that seems to have been run through a paper shredder. But to Joie Reinstein, that diced and torn look, which she first glimpsed two years ago in a Rodarte fashion show, represented the tatty quintessence of chic.
Circle lenses, popularized by Lady Gaga's wide-eyed look in a recent video, have gone mainstream. In vogue in Japan, Singapore and South Korea, they are rapidly catching on elsewhere, despite fears that they may be unsafe.
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