WHAT: Essensia’s Executive Chef Frank Jeannetti and his culinary team have created Miami Spice Month menus that reflect the restaurant’s natural gourmet dining philosophy by utilizing wholesome, locally sourced, organic, and seasonal ingredients to create dishes that are bursting with flavor.  Menu highlights include Organic Arugula & Grilled Summer Peach Salad served with Prosciutto di Parma, crumbled goat cheese, and fig balsamic syrup; Chilled Cucumber & Avocado Soup served with Mint Yogurt; Kimchi BBQ’d Jumbo Shrimp served with pickled radish and savoy cabbage slaw; Pan Seared...

Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau Tantalizes Taste Buds at Upscale Kick-off Event The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau’s (GMCVB) popular end of summer foodie program, Miami Spice, celebrates its 10th anniversary with a recordbreaking year August 1 – September 30, 2011. The program, inaugurated in 2002, offers more than 125 participating restaurants, providing great value and making dinning out affordable and accessible with three-course lunch ($22) and dinner ($35) menus, excluding gratuities, representing an average discount of 30-50 percent. To get the Miami Spice...

Courtesy of The Toren Hotel in Amsterdam Here are some tips on where to go in the enchanting city of Amsterdam. Please see some recommendations from The Toren Hotel, Amsterdam. Unique Amsterdam Shopping: The Nine Streets – 5 minute walk from The Toren, De Negen Straatjes – is in the heart of Amsterdam’s canal district and is one of the city’s most delightful shopping areas. These picturesque streets straddle the 17th Century canals from the Singel to the Prinsengracht. Spend a fabulous day wandering from one to the next exploring the designer boutiques, art galleries, jewellers,...

Courtesy of Hotel Alexandra, Fiskebaren – a trendy fish restaurant at the distinctive Meat Packing District of Copenhagen. The menu is composed on a day to day basis, so that only the best fish will be on the menu. The food was great, it was beautiful and tastefull, and there is a good chance to taste a fish, you may never have heard of before. The staff was very helpfull – so just ask, if you want to know more about the different fish on the menu. You can eat in the bar or in the comfortable stalls, but the noise level was quite loud, so it is probably not the ideal place for...

Tasting local cuisine is the best way to get to know the region’s culture. It is definitely a very pleasant activity.. When is the best time to visit a region to get the most of its delicacies? During the food festivals! They are the greatest moment to enjoy the regional cuisine and forget about every day life while tasting the best of the best products on Earth. Please find the details of the exciting and diverse festivals celebrating foods from every culture throughout the world: The full list available under: http://www.online-college-blog.com/index.php/features/the-15-best-food-festivals-in-the-world/ Maine...