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  FooDiva on CNN, plus a new-look blog

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  “CNN is filming a travel show on Dubai and we’d like you to be our go-to person on restaurants. Can we meet tomorrow to discuss?”...

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  A new dining guide for Dubai, plus musings on restaurant concepts

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  Dubai; My passion and business of reviewing restaurants may be primarily online, but I still like to delve into print reviews and guides. There’s something reassuring about leafing through a book that my ipad’s Kindle reader will never replicate. If you think so too,

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  Where can I lunch over Ramadan in Dubai?…oh and breakfast too please

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  It's that time of year again with Ramadan knocking on our door and despite living in a Muslim society, Dubai is a pretty tolerant one, so we're lucky many stand-alone restaurants and cafés do obtain a special licence to operate in daylight...

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  A damn good dining deal in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and globally

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  Set menus for business lunches are aplenty here in Dubai, but when it comes to dinner, we have to pay full whack for à la carte or an umpteen-course degustation menu. Why can't we have...

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  Savour an ethnic food safari in Dubai

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  It’s so easy to live a life of decadent dining in Dubai, but what about uncovering all the teeny ethnic eats and unsung heroes hidden away in this town’s older neighbourhoods?

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  A taste of Taste of Dubai, plus a snippet from Antonio Carluccio

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  One of my favourite events of the year is round the corner. One where you can sample tasting dishes from Dubai's top end restaurants all in one al fresco venue without forking out...

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  From pen to fork at the LitFest

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  With the annual Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, commonly known as LitFest descending on us next week (March 5-9), we have ten international and Middle Eastern chefs and cookbook authors...

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  Shall I share a secret?

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  FooDiva's gonna have to let you in on this little secret...Dubai FINALLY has its very own supper club. Now am not talking the racy Amsterdam import Supperclub which opens at Jumeirah Zabeel Saray any day now, but...

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  Fancy a fine food festival?

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  Dubai is about to stage a first with the inaugural International Fine Food Festival (IFFF) at Meydan racecourse this week starting Tuesday.

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