カテゴリー: Food
As demand for honey slows after the pandemic, stockpiles far exceed the amount usually sold in a yearNew Zealand is drowning in honey after a boom in beekeeping collided with slowing international demand to create towering stockpiles.Over the past five…
Pork costs in China, the world’s biggest consumer of the meat, rose an average of 22.5% last monthThe price of Chinese pork surged to a new high in August, prompting authorities to take the year’s first dip into national meat reserves to ensure supply …
The birthday ‘cake’ given to New Zealand MP Chris Hipkins raised many questions. We attempt to answer themWhat am I looking at? Is that a cake in the shape of a sausage roll, or a sausage roll in the shape of a cake?Would either one of those answers be…
Government also cites food security after heatwave stunted domestic wheat output and drove up pricesIndia’s cabinet has approved restrictions on wheat flour exports to calm prices in the local market.The government banned the export of wheat itself in …
Prime minister says new appointment shows the government’s commitment to expanding key agriculture industriesThe Papua New Guinean prime minister has announced his cabinet, which contains not only some new faces, but some new positions as well, includi…
Developer Visai Studio’s debut tells a story of how food bridges the gap between generationsFood is much more than mere sustenance. It’s an expression of love; for a culture, and for those eating. Venba isn’t so much a cooking game as it is a game abou…
In a Maharashtra town that once relied on fishing, a women’s collective found boat safaris and edible wild plants pay – and help protect the forestOn a hot summer afternoon along the Mandavi River, Shweta Hule wraps her sari around her ankles and bends…
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said his colleagues at the G20 summit in Indonesia described Russia as ‘aggressor, invader, occupier’. Lavrov also said Ukraine was the main obstacle to a negotiated settlement to the war. Annalena Baerbock, Germa…
Collaboration between national water agency and craft brewer described as ‘highly quaffable’ It is a beer made with only the finest ingredients: premium German barley malts, aromatic Citra and Calypso hops, farmhouse yeast from Norway – and reclaimed …
In the 1980s, farmers in Bangladesh went from paddies to ponds, letting salt water flood their land. Now millions are left counting the costAsadul Islam peers into his pond in south-west Bangladesh and watches as hundreds of caged crabs float past bene…
Scientists observed fewer cases of avian bronchitis and superior meat after chickens given cannabisIt all began when Ong-ard Panyachatiraksa, a farm owner in the north of Thailand who is licensed to grow medicinal cannabis, was wondering what to do wit…
Sales of Indian single malts are booming as a new generation sheds old notions about the superiority of imported brandsFor years, Mohinder Singh’s trips outside India meant an obligatory stop at the airport duty-free liquor store, where he would join l…
Move to ease inflation threatens city-state’s de-facto national dish of poached chicken and riceSupplies of Singapore’s beloved de-facto national dish, chicken and rice, are under threat after neighbouring Malaysia banned exports of the meat in an atte…
Move imposed with immediate effect in attempt to control prices after heatwave damages cropsIndia, the world’s second largest producer of wheat, has banned all exports with immediate effect after a heatwave affected the crop.A notice in the government …
Device uses a weak current to artificially amplify the taste of salt, as part of efforts to reduce sodium levels in popular dishesDiners in Japan could soon be able to savour the umami of a bowl of ramen or miso soup without having to worry about their…