The Week in Bites 3rd March, 2019

From the growing trend of eating alone and how it goes against thousands of years of evolution to James Beard and Aisa' Best Female Chef, fine dining on the beach in Rio to Germany's Michelin guide and of course fired air... Here's what made FDL this week.

EATING ALONE: AGAINST OUR NATURE

Eating alone is a growing trend, yet it is contrary to hundreds of thousands of years of evolution, where eating together was crucial to making us who we are.

A NEW KIND OF FINE DINING KIOSKS IN RIO DE JANEIRO IS MAKING 'BEACH FOOD' FANCIER

Chefs, bartenders, and even a luxury hotel group are landing in the local coastline, changing an entire ecosystem of street eating in the Marvelous City.

GARIMA ARORA IS ELIT VODKA ASIA'S BEST FEMALE CHEF 2019

Garima Arora, executive chef and founder of Gaa in Bangkok, has been named elit Vodka Asia’s Best Female Chef 2019 ahead of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants announcement sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna.

JAMES BEARD SEMIFINALISTS 2019: SEE THE FULL LIST

The James Beard Foundation has today announced its list of restaurant and chef award semifinalists ahead of the 29th annual James Beard Awards.

WHAT DOES A $180 WAGYU SANDWICH TASTE LIKE?

Business Insider sent their cameras to Don Wagyu a restaurant that specialiss in Katsu sandos a fried sandwich with Wagyu beef. To see if they could distinguish between the restaurant’s $28, $80 and $180 sandwiches. Could you tell the difference?

MICHELIN GUIDE TO GERMANY 2019: SEE THE NEW STARS

The Michelin Guide Germany 2019 has been released with the big news that five new two-starred restaurants make the listing as well as 37 new one-star restaurants.

RESTAURANT IN VENETO SERVES “FRIED AIR”

At Feva restaurant in the town of Castelfranco Veneto in northern Italy, chef Nicola Dinato has come up with a dish called Aria Fritta, or "fried air" that resembles an airy cloud and the people all over the internet are gagging for it.