Opening an oyster with the oyster knife / © Photo: Georg Berg

Oysters always suit

Oysters are invigorating and energizing, like the primordial sea from which all life originated. It is recommended to chew them for a long time instead of swallowing them with fright.

After 20 seconds in the dense smoke of straw, the cheese wheels are streaked / © Photo: Georg Berg

Smoked cheese from Denmark

All of Denmark loves this cream cheese. The Gundestrup dairy on Funen supplies supermarkets, as well as the Danish royal family and top restaurants.

The Schlenkerla is omnipresent. This is what the people of Bamberg called the brewer Andreas Graser, second in the generation of the current owner family. He flapped his arms conspicuously as he walked and thus got his nickname / © Photo: Georg Berg

Specialty smoked beer

Beer used to have a strong smoky aroma without exception, and not only in Bamberg. Only industrial malt drying banished the smoke from the beer.

Calm, concentrated and everything in view, this is how star chef Thomas Kellermann works with his team in the kitchen / © Photo: Georg Berg

Top chefs and their white brigade

Gourmet cuisine, that much is certain, is highly complex and behind it lies an extremely professional coordination of the white brigade. A real team effort.

View of the back of the Saint-Pancrace church, built from 1489 to 1503 in the Provençal Gothic style with a Renaissance facade in Aups, France / © Photo: Georg Berg

Winter truffle with chefs of Provence

Winter truffles are available in Provence from December. Then the upscale gastronomy in the Var department always has one or more truffle dishes on the menu

To collect the wild asparagus in Tuscany is rarely possible. This delicacy is precious and rare like truffles / © Photo: Georg Berg

Tuscany wild asparagus

Wild asparagus is considered a delicacy in Tuscany. In markets it is sold as a rarity. The harvest period extends over a few weeks in April.

Zincarlin in a rock cellar. Production of the traditional Zincarlin cheese from the Muggio Valley in Ticino, Mendrisio. Three different ages of the Ticino cheese speciality are stored here. The cheese cylinders are washed almost every day with white wine / © Photo: Georg Berg

Culinary specialties in Ticino

In Ticino, Switzerland, there are culinary treasures to be discovered to this day. Behind them are mostly passionate people who preserve culinary traditions.

Unobstructed panoramic view from the bedroom. The furnishings could not be more practical / © Photo: Georg Berg

Glamping and Hide Aways

Travel greener and be close to nature? Instead of camping, there’s glamping, a night in the barrel or digital detox in a patrician house without electricity. Deceleration guaranteed.

The impressive entrance hall of Hotel Blow up 5050, Poznan. Poland. As a guest, you immediately want to follow the red carpet. It leads past contemporary art such as sculptures and photographs. The hotel guest is led directly to the equally gigantic hotel bar / © Photo: Georg Berg

Special hotels

Innovative hotel concepts: Restaging old stock with modernity and a dash of art: a look at Devonshire, Kassel, Luxembourg and Poznan.

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