Archive for the ‘China’ Category

The Food Chain: To Counter Problems of Food Aid, Try Spuds

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

Food scientists are proposing a novel solution for the global food crisis: Let them eat potatoes. Related PostsBourcefranc-Le-Chapus Journal: A French Family Dynasty Reinvents the OysterThe fourth generation of the Gillardeau family has modernized and expanded the company, in an oyster...Piwo dla psów o smaku wołowinyBezalkoholowe piwo ...

Next Week, Our Hero Chooses a Médoc

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

A comic-book figure, the hero of the manga series “The Drops of the Gods,” has quickly become the most influential voice in Asia’s wine markets. Related PostsObrońcy konsumentów chcą konfiskaty kumulacjiKonfiskaty rekordowo wysokiej kumulacji we włoskiej grze liczbowej Superenalotto, wynoszącej praw...Moda na ojcostwoPrzewija i kąpie niemowlę, ...

Milk Scandal Pushes China to Set Limits on Melamine

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

China said that it had established limits for the allowable trace amounts of melamine in dairy products that officials assured would make the items safe. Related PostsNo related postsOriginal post by By EDWARD WONG and software by Elliott Back

China Announces Stricter Testing Because of Milk Scandal

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

China said Wednesday it had strengthened dairy-product testing to reduce the allowable trace amounts of melamine. Related PostsHeaven And Hell na żywoPod koniec sierpnia sympatycy rocka w Cleveland w stanie Ohio jako pierwsi będą mogli zobaczyć ko...Nowe Horyzonty edukująPo uwieńczonym sukcesem 7. Międzynarodowym Festiwalu Filmowym ERA NOWE ...

First, Crack Them Open (Like Americans Do!)

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Although most Americans think of fortune cookies as Chinese, they are all but unknown in China. Related PostsCyberfamilias: Dear Stranger: It’s 4 a.m. Help!The Internet has evolved into an avuncular, all-knowing presence that offers soothing suggestions fr...The Other Extreme: Low-Alcohol BeersA small but growing number of brewers, ...

In China, a Whole New Ball Game

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Young athletes seem to be less interested in table tennis, and are embracing basketball and other sports. Related PostsNoir Desir: Zabójca wyjdzieByły wokalista francuskiej grupy rockowej Noir Desir, Bertrand Cantat, skazany na karę 8 lat więz...Sekrety staropolskich alkoholiRęczne sporządzanie nalewek, likierów i miodów jest zawsze lepsze, bo ...

Television Review | ‘The Largest Chinese Restaurant in the World’: 700 Orders of Moo Goo Gai Pan? Sure. Is That to Go?

Monday, August 4th, 2008

This odd little mini-series profiles a restaurant in Hunan Province that seats 5,000 guests, employs more than 300 chefs and goes through 700 chickens and 200 snakes in a week. Related PostsOp-Ed Contributor: It’s Too Hot for Dog on the MenuThe Beijing Catering Trade Association has ordered ...

Food Stuff: A Triple Play for the Olympics

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

A slender new Zagat guide covers 618 restaurants and 106 hotels in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing. Related PostsLet the Meals Begin: Finding Beijing in FlushingEverything tastes different in Flushing, Queens, the best neighborhood in New York for tasting the t...Restaurants: On Top of SpaghettiScarpetta — which ...

‘Eating Skillfully’

Monday, July 21st, 2008

In this memoir, an Englishwoman falls in love with China and its food. Related PostsAndy Garcia w polskiej koprodukcjiAndy Garcia będzie gwiazdą amerykańskiego filmu “City Island”, którego głównym kop...Mattafix w Polsce26 października na koncert do Warszawy przyjedzie grupa Mattafix, pamiętana z wielkiego przeboju ...Gael Garcia Bernal ...

Book Review: Mapping the Myriad Tastes of the ‘Other China’

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

“Beyond the Great Wall” opens up vast worlds of other Chinas scarcely known to cooks and food lovers in the United States. Related PostsWhy Should Kids Have All the Acne?The Proactiv sob sell has galvanized even people who rarely have blemishes to become, well, proactiv...The Coming of ...