The turbulence in the cocoa market is the most recent sign that speculation is back, and that the international financial markets have rediscovered agricultural commodities. They are now betting big again on commodities like wheat, coffee, rice and soybeans. As a result, prices are no longer determined by supply and demand, but by investment banks and hedge funds.

The interview discusses urban food-distribution networks, the cultural and nutritional effects of food-vendor carts, the geographic distance from “farm to table,” food-contamination scares, what Sarah describes as “the ways in which food and eating behaviors influence the physical shape of the city,” Nicola’s interest in “cupcake shops as indicators of gentrification,” and much more.

Piaclátogatásra, étteremlátogatásra, gasztrotúrákra valamint bor és pálinka utakra specializálódott turisztikai szolgáltató. Kis cég, a szakácsuk a turista bérelt lakásán vállal főzőtanfolyamot az előtte a piac-túrán beszerzett alapanyagok felhasználására.

The sector that once seemed to crank out a new Nobu each week has had to learn to make do with less. Much less. To hear David Rockwell, the high priest of chichi hospitality design, tell it, that’s a good thing. “There is a greater opportunity to be more imaginative and experimental with fewer resources,” says Rockwell, whose portfolio incidentally includes 14 Nobus. Here Rockwell and the French designer Patrick Jouin prognosticate on how hotels and restaurants can survive (and maybe even thrive) in these chancy times.