MENA’s extruded snack market to reach USD 2.5 billion in 2023
Rapid industrialization and urbanization have resulted in a significant shift towards western food cultures.
Zejd Olive Oil Awarded
A home-grown brand, Zejd offers customers visiting its flagship store, House of Zejd, extra virgin olive oils, as well as exquisitely flavored oils, produced from a wide range of fruity olives, cultivated in the groves of the Akkar region of northern Lebanon.
Experiential Hospitality
HN investigates the effects that the introduction of natural sounds and contextually logical esthetical elements in private and public spaces has on elevating the outing experience to another level
Tasty Lebanon
With vacation season in full swing, National Geographic recently earmarked Lebanon as a must-visit destination for the summer of 2018, not for its landmarks and sites, but rather the food. HN spoke to the stakeholders who were involved in achieving this success for the nation
Restaurants Trends For 2019
With the final few months of 2018 fast approaching, it’s time to begin thinking about the trends that will to dominate the restaurant industry in the coming year. Toufic Akl, partner at Hodema Consulting Services, tells us what to look out for in 2019, as we sharpen our knives and forks in anticipation
Food Hall Explosion: An Alternative To All-Day Dining?
Encompassing a refined dining experience in a market setting, the food hall concept brings together a range of several independent outlets, each offering their own specialty, yet forming one entity. Ralph Nader, CEO of Amber Consulting, discusses the fancier and ‘foodier’ cousin of the food court
Armenian Food: The Gastronomic Delights of a Diaspora
From Mayrig to Mamig and from Lusin to Batchig to Nour, a wave of the finest restaurants in the Middle East, serving Armenian delicacies, is taking the region by storm and gathering a cult-like following.
The Shogun Expands Its Reach
Aref Saade, founder of The Shogun concept and treasurer of The Syndicate of Owners of Restaurants, Café, Night-Clubs and Pastries, revealed that his premium sushi restaurants are now offering take-out and delivery services under the name of “Shogun To Go”.
What makes superfoods so ‘super’?
The key to a healthy body and mind is a balanced and varied diet inclusive of all the food groups along with regular physical activity.