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????️ Key facts extracted from the article: - The visual aspect of gastronomy has become predominant, sometimes at the expense of taste. - Social media heavily influences the importance of a dish's appearance. - Chefs have become artists creating visually appealing dishes. - Aesthetic in culinary terms refers to making a dish visually attractive, a practice dating back to medieval banquets. - The "Rouget laqué façon Mondrian" is a creation by Chef Michel Troisgros inspired by art. - The trend of "ugly fruits and vegetables" challenges traditional aesthetic criteria, highlighting taste and reducing food waste. - The term "harmony" in flavors means combining tastes for a balanced sensation, including the umami taste, discovered by Kikunae Ikeda in the early 20th century. - Multisensory beauty in gastronomy includes textures and temperatures, with molecular cuisine exploiting these dimensions. - Seasonal, fresh, and local ingredients capture the essence of nature, with seasonality contributing to the "aesthesis" - a combination of aesthetics and ethics. - Culinary heritage reflects a culture's history and traditions, such as French cuisine, which UNESCO recognized in 2010. - Cuisine is an expression of cultural and personal identity and involves social rituals like family Sunday meals in France. - The evolution of aesthetic criteria in cuisine shows a contrast between home cooking, which prioritizes taste and shared pleasure, and gastronomic cuisine, which emphasizes presentation. -

🏖 Located on the island of Sainte-Marie off the northeast coast of Madagascar, Voaara is the only luxury hotel in the area. It will initially launch with 8 bungalows and a 3-bedroom villa, with plans to expand to 45 rooms. The project involves collaboration between Philippe Kjellgren and architect Luis F Mira, featuring local materials, reclaimed wood, and infinity pools. Inspired by luxury hotels like The Brando, Six Senses, Laucala, Uxua Casa, and Parador La Huella.

🌡 Megaseism alert (magnitude 7.1) caused thousands of hotel cancellations in high-risk zones during peak tourist season in Japan. The alert spans 800 km from Shizuoka, west of Tokyo, to Kyushu's southern tip. Nichinan city in Miyazaki Prefecture, famed for its beaches and Edo-period cityscape, is the hardest hit by the Thursday earthquake's impact on tourism.

🍴 Serving size for 4 people as an appetizer includes 12 Ostra Regal oysters No.1-2. Seasoning involves 1 chorizo cut into thin petals and 2 tablespoons of olive oil. The dish is presented with dried bonito petals, fresh edible flowers, chorizo petals, and oyster pepper. During preparation, chorizo petals are sautéed in olive oil, which is then reserved, and the cooked oysters are topped with chorizo oil, bonito petals, and edible flowers before serving.

🛬 À Cairns, un hélicoptère volé s'est écrasé sur l'hôtel Hilton, entraînant la mort immédiate du pilote. Deux personnes touchées par les pales ont été hospitalisées dans un état stable. La date de l'incident n'est pas précisée dans l'extrait fourni.

🍴 La Mère Champlain, a brasserie in Cancale (35), is hiring a Chef de partie (male/female) for a permanent contract (CDI) with possible accommodation. The position offers 2 consecutive rest days, a friendly and respectful work environment, fresh products, and regulated working hours with a time clock. The salary is set at €1,950 NET. Interested candidates can contact at 06.42.62.19.36.

🏄 Surfeuse Johanne Defay, Jeux olympiques 2024, collabore avec Pokawa, chaîne de poké de 130 points de vente. Nicolas Degeraud mentionne des partenariats jusqu'à "plusieurs dizaines de milliers d’euros". À l'échelle régionale, Pokawa utilise des échanges de marchandise contre posts. Père & Fish, depuis 2018, a collaboré avec 1,500 influenceurs à budget réduit, offrant des menus gratuits pour visibilité, à un coût de 10€ par influenceur. Une vidéo promotionnelle a triplé le chiffre d'affaires dans la semaine suivant sa publication.

🍸 Yossi Ifergan founded LEBARPARIS, an eco-friendly, upscale custom bar service, which is the official mixology service for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Established in 2013 after identifying a lack of quality in cocktail bar services, LEBARPARIS has catered to high-end clients including Chanel and Cartier. The company provides complete event solutions with material and staff for up to 200 people, and is set to offer accessible yet trendy cocktails, emphasizing minimalism and local French products.

📈 Global stock markets experienced a significant downturn, with the S&P 500 plummeting by 4% and the Nasdaq Composite dropping by 5% in just one week. Major factors contributing to the sell-off included concerns over rising inflation rates, potential interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, and geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe. Investors are closely monitoring the situation as market volatility remains high.

🏖️ North Island, a 2 km² island with 11 villas, won 1st Prize at the Hotel & Lodge Awards 2024 in the Resort category. Discovered in 1609, abandoned in 1970, and rejuvenated as an exclusive sanctuary, North Island offers bespoke experiences and activities such as hiking, biking, boating, fishing, diving, paddleboarding, gym, yoga, turtle watching, and spa treatments. The resort caters to VIPs seeking privacy in the Seychelles, providing a butler for each villa and naturalist-guided flora observation.