Sacrilegious pizza: A pizza chef in Naples has recently come under fire for daring to produce a "healthy" version of that dish using "whole grains and cereals", as reported by The Independent, which goes on to detail that the chef he "put his alternative 'crunchy' recipe, featuring petal shapes of mozzarella and a heavy tomato sauce, on the menu of his restaurant in the smart Victor Emanuel Gallery in the Italian business capital of Milan, charging as much as €16 (£12,50). But his delicate tweaks of the original recipe was met with disdain in the proud southern city of Naples, the birthplace of the margherita. The Neapolitan writer Angelo Forgione spearheaded the criticism, quipping that the new gastronomic creation was nothing more than 'a cracked pizza'." Tut tut.
Better wine in hotel rooms: We all know the problem (right?) of being in a hotel room and requiring a glass of wine but not wanting to pay the ridiculous prices for the whole bottle in the minibar. Enter the Plum machine, which "preserves two opened bottles of wine for weeks at the perfect serving temperature and allows you to draw off a glass with one touch". It's so far only in the US, and confronts the problem that most guests don't use it because it looks too much like an air-purifier, but let's hope it catches on to the local hotel offerings!

Iconic food pictures: Most of us have probably seen this one of Marco Pierre White (who also graces the walls of Rare Grill, 2017 Winner of the Steakhunter Championships), but here's a collection of iconic food(ie) pics that Food & Wine claim "changed the way we eat" (probably a slightly overblown claim, but some great photos nevertheless).
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