Kokova Magazine

Welcome in the Year of the Snake at the capital's most bizarre attraction, Ripley's Believe It or Not! London, this Chinese New Year Sunday 10th February 2013. Located just a stone's throw from London's China Town, the attraction is home to over 700 unbelievable artefacts from across the globe including a giant pagoda made out of solid jade, an ancient Chinese moneybox pillow used to deter thieves and an impressive statue of a Chinese guilt warrior.

The Miami Rum Renaissance Festival is a celebration of the best rums in the world and rum experts come together for the Grand Tasting Exhibition, at the Miami Airport Convention Center on Saturday and Sunday, 21st - 22nd April 2013, to bring you enlightening seminars, great rum cocktails and island-style entertainment.

Since 2005 TotallySwedish has provided Londoners and the rest of UK with a wide range of fine Swedish products including groceries, children's range, books, magazines, greeting cards and Swedish art and design. With two stores set in the heart of London, we went along to their Crawford Street shop to try a little bit of Sweden for ourselves.

Now in it's third year the annual Valentine event has had to budge up a bit and will be held at Paintworks on the Sunday 10th February this year, to make room for two other fantastic food event happening close by. The food loving festival will provide visitors with the opportunity to celebrate Valentine's Day with the family and buy gifts for loved ones or ingredients for that special meal in the huge indoor 'Love Food market'.

Cornwall's top country house hotel is starting the New Year with some startling facts and figures about its new kitchen waste composting policy - which is adding to its substantial green credentials and saving money too. The Budock Vean, on the Helford River, has been doing some number crunching during the past two months, in which staff have managed to reduce the amount of food waste from the kitchens by a third.

Thom Hunt from Channel 4's "Three Hungry Boys" will be out foraging the grounds and Helford River shoreline of Cornwall's Budock Vean hotel in April 5th - 8th April 2013 helping guests make the most of the Great British Countryside with a focus on wild food cooking. Thom Hunt is one third of Hugh Fearnely-Whittingstall's Three Hungry Boys and is the Hunter/Fisher/Forager star the popular Channel 4 show.