Our weekly roundup on tasty news from around the world and here’s what we are reading on…

TRAVEL BITES

New York is a city of immigrants; a recent report from the mayor’s office counted 37% of the population as foreign-born… Travel on Your Stomach in Classes Taught by Immigrant Cooks via WSJ.com

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Located on top of a small café in the Vesterbro neighborhood… The One Room Hotel in Copenhagen via Trendland

Taste the best of the Provence region on a wine route from Toulon to the Massif des Maures… Provence wine route: top 10 guide via theguardian.com

PHOTOGRAPHY

Because a ‘fruity’ card is always better than a’cheesy’ card!… PUNtastic Fruity Cards! on Behance

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Illustrations made up of 100% food elements & are based on the interpretation of different birds… A Tribute to Budgie: Food Illustrations by Anna Keville Joyce via freeyork.org

ON THE MENU

How duck egg would stand up in a blind taste test against the chicken egg? Hunting For The Tastiest Egg: Duck, Goose, Chicken Or Quail? via The Salt : NPR

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Drawing inspiration from some of the masterpiece paintings by great masters such as Vincent van Gogh… Christian Louboutin’s SS14 Collection Photographed As Impressionist Art by Peter Lippmann via Yatzer

SOCIAL N MEDIA

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Jennifer Golbeck: The curly fry conundrum: Why social media “likes” say more than you might think via TED.com

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Does it matter that the photo is not really a starving child? Daily Mirror’s ‘crying girl’ picture lands the paper in an ethical row via theguardian.com

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Are you a couch potato? Blame your parents! A new study suggests that laziness could be hereditary… Does laziness run in your family? Study suggests it could be hereditary via NY Daily News

“Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects. ” ~ Dave Barry

Delightfully yours,
Orsola Ciriello Kogan @ Food Meditations