Top chefs

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Top chefs

Copenhagen-based Noma may call itself the 2021 World's Best Restaurant. It is not the first time it has won the prestigious competition The World's 50 Best Restaurants. Moreover, Noma was also awarded a third Michelin star this year. And by the way, did you know that Noma has employed a Dutch sommelier since 2019: Ava Mees List? In the top 50 this year, there was unfortunately no place for De Librije*** in Zwolle. Jonnie Boer and sommelier Thérèse Boer's restaurant is in place 69, compared to place 46 at the previous edition. Spanish chef Dabiz Muñoz of restaurant DiverXO*** in Madrid may call himself The Best Chef of 2021.

Pulp

After processing the grapes, large quantities of residue remain: the skins, pulp, seeds and stems. In French, they call these remains the marc. The distilling industry buys it to make alcohol from it, although this is happening less and less as (organic) farmers now often use it themselves as vegetable compost.

Austria at Christmas

Every country has traditions, but in Austria they are just a bit more unusual. For example, presents are not given by Father Christmas or St Nicholas, but by the baby Jesus - who enters through the keyhole. At the time-honoured Perchtenlopen in Tyrol and Salzburgerland, you are startled by terrifying figures in animal skins, who chase away winter spirits with much noise. Austrian kitchens bake elaborate Christmas biscuits and the tradition of displaying nativity scenes at home also dates back to 1782. But most of all, people look forward to the elaborate Christmas meal during which those fantastic local wines are served. This year, we at the editorial department are picking up this tradition.

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