NEWS: Japan Braces for Prolonged Extreme Summer Heat as Temperatures Expected to Stay Above Average Through October
Japan is preparing for an extended period of extreme summer heat, with the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) warning that above-average temperatures are expected to persist through October due to the continuing effects of El Niño across the region.
INTERVIEWS: From Music to Hospitality, Ian Tan of Freestyle Band's vision behind Gig Music Hall
What began as a modest 15-square-meter rehearsal and recording studio in 1998 has evolved into Gig Music Hall: a sophisticated live music venue, restaurant, and hospitality concept that brings together artists, diners, and audiences under one roof. It is a place where sound, food, and storytelling coexist, and where local musicians are given a stage to be seen and heard.
WINES: Why Summer Reds Taste Better Cooler
For decades, red wine drinkers have been handed the same instruction: serve at room temperature. It is advice that made sense once, in an era of stone floors and unheated parlours, and makes considerably less sense now, in centrally heated kitchens with the pasta water already at a rolling boil. Historically, room temperature meant something closer to cellar temperature, somewhere between 12°C and 15°C.
