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City style & Living Food FUSION Go With The Grain According to the Rice Almanac, in countries such as Bangladesh, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, rice provides 50 to 80 percent of total calories consumed. Between its inception in October 2007 and December 2007, Free Rice (www.freerice.com), a website created by John Breen to benefit the World Food Programme, a branch of the United Nations, has donated 13 billion grains of rice. Each time you log on and answer a vocabulary question correctly, 20 grains of rice are donated to feed the impoverished around the world. The World Food Programme estimates that eleven and a half billion grains of rice could feed 500,000 people for one day. “FreeRice really hits home how the Web can be harnessed to raise awareness and funds for the world’s number one emergency. The site is a viral marketing success story with more than one billion grains of rice donated in just one month to help tackle hunger worldwide,” says WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran. What are you waiting for? For a video featuring Freerice, click on WFP video at: www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=137&Key=2740 Sure all you can eat buffets can be enticing, but for those who want to delve deeper into the flavours, techniques and culture of a destination, culinary cruises are just the adventure. CULINARY CRUISING 15-DAY VOYAGE FROM DUBAI TO ATHENS; departs April 20, 2008, Ship: Silver Whisper, Starting from $6,296 (USD) www.vikingcookingschool.com. regent 16 | SPRING 2008 | citystyleandliving.com ‹ "This is a really fun enrichment program that lets guests discover new cooking techniques and sample regional dishes prepared on top-of-the-line Viking Range equipment," says David Morris, Silversea's executive vice president of worldwide sales and marketing. Silversea offers cooking demonstrations, wine pairings, interactive Q&A sessions, “Lunch and Learn” events, and on select voyages, a "Market to the Plate" experience. Regent Seven Seas mariner sets sail silversea Aboard Holland America’s Statendam, visitors can enjoy gourmet cooking lessons by master chefs at the culinary arts center, sponsored by Food and Wine Magazine. Groups are limited to twelve guests, though Holland America offers at least two 90-minute, handson cooking classes on every cruise. H. Alexander Talbot & Aki Kamozawa, a husband and wife team and executive chefs at the Keyah Grande Resort in Colorado lead the culinary experience aboard this cruise. A signature of the pair is the use of seasonal, organic and artisanal products, developing close relationships with producers. holland america ‹ 17-DAY JAPAN,EASTERN RUSSIA & ALASKA; departs April 23, 2008, H. Alexander Talbot & Aki Kamozawa (Culinary Instructors), Ship: Statendam, Starting from $2,399.00 (USD) www.hollandamerica.com Imagine waking up in Juneau, to cooking classes with a chef from the famed Le Cordon Bleu. Each participant in Regent Seven Seas Mariner’s program will receive three, two-hour hands-on lessons, preparing dishes from Cordon Bleu menus. Guests will learn the art of French cuisine- preparation and presentation. The best part? Participants cap off their experience with a graduation ceremony. 7-DAY VANCOUVER, B.C. TO SEWARD, ALASKA; departs May 27, Ship: Seven Seas Mariner, Starting from $4,195 (USD). Rates for classes (exclusive of fares) from $255 to $450 (USD) per person www.TheRegentExperience.com CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: COURTESY FREDERIC LOWARD/WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME(WFP), HEATHER HILL/WFP; REGENT SEVEN SEAS, SILVERSEA, REGENT, HOLLAND AMERICA » ‹ http://www.freerice.com http://www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=137&Key=2740 http://www.hollandamerica.com http://www.silversea.com http://www.hollandamerica.com http://www.TheRegentExperience.com http://www.vikingcookingschool.com http://www.TheRegentExperience.com http://citystyleandliving.com

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City Style and Living - Spring 2008 Contents Editor's Note Behind the Cover The District Need It Want It Fusion Sweet Secret Restaurant Inspiration Eat Like a Locavore Covet Helen of Troy Prêt-à-Porter Anatomy Of Spring Fashion Trends Secret Garden Passport Bookcase Great Eats in Maui Tunisia Ombudsperson Horoscopes Final Thought

City Style and Living - Spring 2008

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