Features

The Kingdom of silk

Bénares, or as it is mostly named  Varanassi is the world capital of silk. Based in the muslim area, all the factories have the same process by using the Jacquard loom.

Wasted industry

The Beatles were at Rishikesh, India, in 1968, at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi when they wrote "The White Album". Back then, they had drinking water and electricity for their daily life. Today, the ashram is abandoned and nobody can use such a place.

Madeleine, what is a macaroon?

Madeleine is a French bakery located in New York City. Pascal, the chef mostly does the house specialty, the French Macaroons. Only few people know how to make this very special "cookie" which take eight to ten hours to prepare.