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Cooking with love: recipe book honors Mexico's missing
AFP, Published on 16/10/2023
» IRAPUATO (MEXICO) - When Yadira Martinez makes her son's favorite dish it feels like he is back home, so she and other mothers decided to share recipes in a cookbook dedicated to their missing children.
Arm wrestling grips India with glitzy dreams
AFP, Published on 11/08/2023
» NEW DELHI - Athletes flex muscled biceps before going hand-to-hand in a newly televised arm-wrestling league seeking to take the sporting spotlight in otherwise cricket-mad India with a glitzy Bollywood-style makeover.
TikTok chef whips up real-life Los Angeles restaurant after virtual success
AFP, Published on 25/07/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Tue Nguyen became a TikTok star by posting videos of herself cooking Vietnamese dishes during the pandemic.
Michelin fetes 'resilient' French cuisine but calls for more women
AFP, Published on 23/03/2022
» COGNAC, France: The Michelin Guide launched its 2022 edition on Tuesday, celebrating the resilience of the French food industry after two difficult years of pandemic, but calling for more women chefs.
British chef Clare Smyth reopens doors after third Michelin star
AFP, Published on 16/05/2021
» LONDON: During lockdown, British chef Clare Smyth won the ultimate accolade of three Michelin stars for her London restaurant and she is optimistic for the sector despite the current challenges.
Bombed and looted: Yemen battles to save its heritage
AFP, Published on 24/07/2020
» TAEZ (YEMEN) - The two facades of the National Museum in the Yemeni city of Taez bear testament to the ravages of a war that has consumed the Arabian Peninsula country.
China moves closer to passing Hong Kong security law
AFP, Published on 18/06/2020
» BEIJING: China moved closer Thursday to passing a controversial national security law for Hong Kong that has raised international concerns it will end the financial hub's limited freedoms.
Early Renaissance painting found in kitchen fetches €24m
AFP, Published on 27/10/2019
» SENLIS, France: A rare masterpiece by Italian early Renaissance master Cimabue that was discovered in a French kitchen was sold on Sunday for €24 million, about five times the initial estimate.
Renaissance masterpiece discovered hanging in old woman's kitchen
AFP, Published on 24/09/2019
» PARIS: An early Renaissance masterpiece by the Florentine master Cimabue has been discovered in an old lady's kitchen in a town near Paris, art experts said Monday.
Emperor burger: Tokyo chef whips up B28,500 monster for new monarch
AFP, Published on 01/04/2019
» TOKYO: A Tokyo restaurant is honouring the crowning of the new Japanese emperor next month with a football-sized wagyu beef hamburger served between gold-dusted buns -- at an eye-watering cost of 100,000 yen (28,500 baht).