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☆ I've been on every Norwegian cruise line — here's how the 3 brands with very different prices compare
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-07 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings operates three brands: Norwegian, Regent Seven Seas, and Oceania. Norwegian Cruise Line: Family-friendly affordabilityNorwegian Cruise Line invited me on a complimentary four-night Norwegian Prima voyage in 2022. AdvertisementRegent Seven Seas Cruises: The priciest ultra-luxury optionRegent Seven Seas invited me on a three-night "christening sailing" for its one-year-old Seven Seas Grandeur. Regent Seven Seas invited me on a complimentary three-night Seven Seas Grandeur sailing in 2023. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings' most luxurious cruise line, Regent Seven Seas, serves dishes like beef tenderloin topped with seared foie gras.

Persons: —, Brittany Chang, Prima —, mary, Bulgari, Pablo Picasso, bocce, toiletries Organizations: Cruise Line Holdings, Regent Seven, Service, Norwegian, Cruise, Cruise Line, Prima, Oceania, Oceania Vista, Beverage, Seven Seas, Business, Regent Seven Seas Locations: Oceania, Norwegian, Whittier , Alaska, Vancouver, British Columbia, Oceania Vista, Italian, New York, Rhode Island, Bermuda, Caribbean, San Juan , Puerto Rico

☆ Mario Carbone Doesn’t Care for Your Fancy Kitchen Gadgets
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Lane Florsheim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Mario Carbone is famous for his spicy rigatoni vodka. But the chef has set his sights far beyond pasta. With 25 restaurants around the country, he and his partners Rich Torrisi and Jeff Zalaznick have established a hospitality empire that includes a luxury apartment building, Villa Miami; a private members’ club, ZZ’s, which charges a $20,000 application fee; and a consumer-goods brand, Carbone Fine Food, which launched in 2021 and introduced jars of his famous spicy vodka sauce earlier this year. Carbone, 43, said he hoped hotels were in the future.

Persons: Mario Carbone, Rich Torrisi, Jeff Zalaznick, Carbone Organizations: Villa Miami Locations: Villa

☆ Mario Carbone Shares the Key to Getting a Reservation at His Restaurants
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Lane Florsheim | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Mario Carbone, Rich Torrisi, Jeff Zalaznick, Carbone Organizations: Villa Miami Locations: Villa

☆ Nidelven Blå from Norway is the world’s best cheese for 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The cheese, Nidelven Blå from cheesemaker Gangstad Gårdsysteri, vied against the crème de la crème of the cheese world in Trondheim, Norway, in the world’s largest global cheese event. Organized by the Guild of Fine Food, the World Cheese Awards, now in its 35th edition, saw experts from across the globe join forces to crown this year’s champion. The judges had delectable things to say about Nidelven Blå, a semi-solid, blue mold cheese, made with pasteurized cows’ milk. It’s a very unique language.”The Super Jury voted on finalists before a live audience at the World Cheese Awards 2023 in Trondheim, Norway, on Friday. “Competition is always stiff in the World Cheese Awards,” John Farrand, managing director of the World Cheese Awards, told CNN Travel ahead of the event.

Persons: Gangstad Gårdsysteri, “, ”, Maren Gangstadt, Gangstadt, Haakon Berg, ” John Farrand, you’re, Nidelven Blå, Farron, “ We’ve, Gourmino’s Le Organizations: CNN, Guild of Fine Food, Food, Foods, of Fine, CNN Travel, Trondheim, Super, Norway Host Locations: Trondheim, Norway, “, India, Japan, Swiss

☆ Meet the 'queen of caviar' who supplies Britain’s royal family with the world's most expensive food
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Lucy Handley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

King's Fine FoodLaura King has run a caviar business for almost 20 years — even supplying Britain's royal family with the coveted foodstuff. Now, she's known as the "caviar queen," and her firm King's Fine Food imports hundreds of kilos of caviar into the U.K. every two to three weeks. Oscietra caviar is the most popular product sold by King's Fine Food. Laura King (left), founder of King's Fine Food, with her daughter Holly King, the company's sales director. "We're two women in business, probably the only two women in the caviar business almost in the world.

Persons: Laura King, King, John King, Holly —, —, Conran, Melba, Terence Conran, retails, …, You've, you'll, I've, King's, Holly King, Mason, Queen Elizabeth II, Holly, We've Organizations: King's, CNBC, Fine Food, Harrods, Cathay Pacific, Emirates . British Airways, Foods, John King Brain, Royal Locations: London, Dorchester, British, Iran, Russia, Belgium, China

☆ Who is Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

June 24 (Reuters) - Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday he had taken control of the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don as part of an attempt to oust the military leadership, in what the authorities said was an armed mutiny. Following are some facts about the businessman and founder of the Wagner Group. * Prigozhin, 62, has for decades been known as "Putin's chef" due to his company's Kremlin catering contracts. * Prigozhin admitted last September that he had founded the private military group in 2014, the year Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine. The Wagner Group has fought in Libya, Syria, the Central African Republic and Mali, among other countries.

Persons: Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Vladimir Putin, Prigozhin, Sergei Shoigu, Staff Valery Gerasimov, Shoigu, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Wagner, Kremlin, Concord, Central African, Staff, United, European Union, Internet Research Agency, Washington, Thomson Locations: Russian, Rostov, St Petersburg, Russia, Crimea, Ukraine, Libya, Syria, Central African Republic, Mali, Donbas, Ukrainian, Bakhmut, United States

THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB Swimmers wade into the chilly Derwent River, in Hobart, Australia, June 22 2023. A 2017 show by Austrian artist Hermann Nitsch featuring an animal carcass and rivers of blood outraged animal rights groups. In an Australian exclusive, famed Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger retold Dante’s “Divine Comedy” in a two-hour all-female performance of sex and blood. In one scene, 20 nude dancers wet with paint and human blood writhed slowly across a blank canvas, painting with their bodies. Founded on the fortune of professional gambler David Walsh, Australia's largest private museum is dedicated to themes of sex and death.

Persons: Helen Golding, Hermann Nitsch, Florentina Holzinger, Dante’s, Ryoji Ikeda, David Walsh, Lewis Jackson, Lincoln Organizations: REUTERS, Police, city’s Museum of, Thomson Locations: Hobart , Australia, Handout, REUTERS HOBART, Australia, Hobart, Tasmania, Sri Lanka, Sydney, Austrian, Australia's

☆ Inside Solo Per Due in Italy, 'world's smallest restaurant'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Solo Per Due – “Just for Two” in Italian – is no ordinary restaurant, and not just because of its tiny size. Its owners claim it is the smallest fine-dining establishment not only in Italy but in the world, too. Guests are required to arrive at a specific time agreed by the owners, who prepare and serve the elaborate food. “This is not a restaurant – we offer a unique, intimate experience which is at the core of our decades-long reputation. Upon request, a private driver can be arranged to pick up guests, and fireworks can be staged in the garden.

Persons: we’ll, Stanley Tucci, –, Silvia Marchetti, Antonello Nusca, you’ve, That’s, it’s, ”, Mr, Remo, he’s, Horace, “, He’s Organizations: CNN, intel Locations: Italy, Vacone, Rome

☆ An olive oil startup founder apologized after accusing a rival brand on LinkedIn of copying his squeeze bottle. It's not his first public apology.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The CEO of olive oil startup Graza issued a public apology after a recent LinkedIn post garnered criticism. Andrew Benin accused Brightland, another food startup, of copying Graza's squeeze bottle design on Tuesday. "Andrew, with all due respect, you did not create the squeeze bottle," Alison Kayne, founder of Haven's Kitchen, commented on Benin's post. In an updated version of the post, Benin apologized to Iyer for the accusation, and called the post "out of character." The Graza CEO emailed thousands of customers during the company's first holiday season to apologize for issues like shipping delays and dented bottles.

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