Showing 1 - 10 of 37
Over 1,000 Indonesians sick from school meals in more food poisoning outbreaks
Reuters, Published on 26/09/2025
» BANDUNG — More than 1,000 children in Indonesia's West Java have suffered food poisoning this week from school lunches, authorities said, the latest in a series of outbreaks and another setback for the president's multi-billion-dollar free meals programme.
Painting stripes on cows to lizards' pizza pick: Ig Nobel winners
AFP, Published on 20/09/2025
» PARIS - Painting zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies, lizards' favourite pizza toppings and how booze helps you speak another language: these were some of the winners at the Ig Nobel prizes, which celebrate the sillier side of science.
South Australia bans plastic fish-shaped soy sauce containers
AFP, Published on 02/09/2025
» SYDNEY - An Australian state has banned plastic fish-shaped soy sauce containers, reeling in a sushi lovers' favourite that is washing up in drains and beaches.
Scientists modify tomatoes to make them 'significantly sweeter'
South China Morning Post, Published on 15/11/2024
» HONG KONG — Chinese scientists have successfully modified tomatoes to make them sweeter by removing two genes that regulate sugar content, according to a new study.
Half of shops affected by renewal scheme in Hong Kong's 'Little Thailand' aim to stay in area
South China Morning Post, Published on 17/06/2024
» HONG KONG: More than half of the local shops affected by a redevelopment project in Hong Kong's "Little Thailand" have expressed an interest in continuing to operate their businesses in the area, the Urban Renewal Authority has said.
Pakistani biryani: a spicy recipe for delectable debate
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» KARACHI - Eying each other across a stream of traffic, rival Pakistani biryani joints vie for customers, serving a fiery medley of meat, rice and spice that unites and divides South Asian appetites.
Hawaii star chefs mount massive operation to feed fire survivors
AFP, Published on 14/08/2023
» KAHULUI (UNITED STATES) - When the devastating wildfire ripped through Hawaii's Lahaina community last week, some of the archipelago's most renowned chefs sprang into action to help as best they could: in the kitchen.
Afghan cook pours his heart into 'teapot' lamb stew
AFP, Published on 20/06/2023
» KABUL - In the kitchen of his Kabul restaurant, one of the last cooks to master the Afghan culinary art of "chainaki" stuffs chunks of lamb and fat into about 200 tiny teapots to simmer for hours atop a clay stove.
Japan restaurant files $480,000 suit against 'sushi terrorist'
South China Morning Post, Published on 09/06/2023
» The operator of a major Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain that became the centre of national attention over a viral video of a boy licking a soy sauce bottle filed a ¥67 million (US$480,000) damages suit against the boy, court documents showed on Thursday.
More dirty diners arrested in Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 04/04/2023
» TOKYO: Two men have been arrested for allegedly harming the business of the Japanese beef bowl chain Yoshinoya after video emerged of one of them eating directly from a container of toppings meant for all customers, Osaka police said on Tuesday.