Why is Italian food popular and famous?
By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: Whether you care about food or not, you must know about the fame and popularity of Italian food. Wherever you are in the world, when you decide to go to a restaurant, one of the options is usually an Italian restaurant. Why? The country called “Italy” is not very old, but […]
Korea: Spiteful reviews haunting restaurant owners amid boom of delivery apps
SEOUL: Kim Tae-han (alias), a 27-year-old former restaurant owner in southern Seoul, said one of his most important daily routines was checking reviews of his store on food delivery platforms. Kim, who has now quit his restaurant business, said that one day he had to drive his car to visit a reviewer during the […]
International chefs to share Malaysia Queen’s recipes with the world
KUALA LUMPUR: Masters of Malaysian Cuisine (MOMC) will collaborate to cook dishes from the cookbooks published by Malaysia’s Queen, Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, throughout December. MOMC’s online cooking demonstrations will be broadcast live and feature some of the top Malaysian cuisine experts around the world who first came together during the Covid-19 lockdown to […]
N. Korea refusing to accept Seoul’s food aid over allies’ joint military drill
North Korea is refusing to accept food assistance from South Korea, citing Seoul’s planned joint military exercise with the United States, a unification ministry official said Wednesday. The North delivered the message during its working-level talks with the World Food Programme (WFP), through which Seoul intended to deliver the promised 50,000 tons of rice. “It […]
Discussions on sanctions exemptions under way for Seoul’s food aid for N. Korea
Discussions are currently underway with the United States to get sanctions exemptions for South Korea’s plan to send food aid to North Korea, a government source here said Thursday. The Seoul government and the World Food Programme (WFP) are trying to secure ships that will be used to transport 50,000 tons of rice to the […]
ASEAN Sambal delights fiery food lovers
[Kuala Lumpur] Many among the estimated 600 million people of the 10 ASEAN countries ‘just love’ to eat everything with ‘sambal’, the fiery hot chili paste. To many, the hotter the sambal the better and more appetizing the hot steaming rice will be. And, of course without the sambal, crushed from any type of the […]
Pakistan: 36.9% of people experience food insecurity
[Islamabad] The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) says the 36.9 percent of the population experience food insecurity. Alarmingly, among them, the 18.3% face “severe” food insecurity. In its third quarterly report on the state of the economy, released Monday, the SBP noted provincial disparities in terms of food security. Only 63.1% of the country’s households are “food secure”, […]
China, UN sign MOU on global food security amid uncertainties
China on June 20 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the UN World Food Program (WFP) in Zhengzhou, Central China’s Henan Province, a major move to recognize China’s contribution to global food security and show the country’s willingness to share its agricultural experience with more developing countries amid an unstable global situation. China’s […]
S. Korea completes administrative procedures for planned food aid to N.K.
South Korea completed administrative procedures necessary to carry out its decision to send 50,000 tons of rice in aid to North Korea via a U.N. agency, the unification ministry said Friday. Last week, the ministry unveiled the food aid plan, saying it will deliver domestically harvested rice to the North through the World Food Programme […]
Unification ministry: N.K.’s food situation remains serious despite reports on rice prices
South Korea believes that food shortages in North Korea remain serious and the country needs outside assistance, despite media reports that rice prices are dropping there, the unification ministry said Wednesday. Some media reports have claimed that rice prices in North Korean markets have been on the decline recently, suggesting that the country might not […]
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