When India finally let its hair down after the financial liberalization of the ’90s, local chefs had to radically reconsider their chutneys.
Aurus Dazzles the Mumbai Food Scene
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Low Levels of Radiation Found in U.S. Milk
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration say that very low levels of radiation have turned up in a sample of milk from Washington state. But federal officials say consumers should not worry
Key Questions: Cloned Food at the Supermarket
Th e Food and Drug Administration on Thursday released a preliminary report on the safety of meat and milk from cloned animals. Their verdict: that these food products are no different from those derived from conventionally bred animals, and are therefore safe to eat.
Can Top Chef TV Dinners Live Up to Billing?
If you want to understand the disconnect between watching cooking shows and wanting to cook, get this: Schwan’s Home Service is offering Top Chef–branded frozen meals. The idea that hard-core fans who study contestants’ knife skills every week would choose to order from a giant company that’s been delivering frozen food to rural America for 57 years doesn’t surprise Harry Balzer, who tracks food trends for the market-research firm NPD Group.
If You Must Know: Are Artificial Sweeteners Really That Bad For You?
Too much sugar will make you fat, but too much artificial sweetener will … do what, exactly
Making barren lands bountiful
It is midday and Geoff Lawton is hard at work at Zaytuna Farms in New South Wales, Australia. But the real work, he says, is going on inside the center of the compost.
Suicide bomber kills 3 at World Food Program offices
A suicide attack at the offices of the World Food Program in Islamabad killed three employees and wounded five others Monday, an agency official said.
Will 7-Eleven’s New Cafe Win Over Hong Kong Foodies?
It’s just before noon on a Tuesday, and despite the rain, a few dozen schoolgirls in white uniforms and navy cardigans are milling about the 7-Eleven on Tong Chong Gai, a bustling Hong Kong side street of restaurants and cafs. A few of the teenagers grab chocolate milk and sushi rolls from the open chiller
10 secret menu items at fast food restaurants
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to seek out covert items at fast food chains around the country. Be warned, this mission includes very real dangers such as hardening arteries and skyrocketing cholesterol.
Flour giveaway in Pakistan turns into deadly stampede
Fourteen women were killed Monday in a stampede during a flour giveaway in the Pakistani city of Karachi, police said. Another 19 people were injured, regional police chief Abdullah Shaikh said