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World’s hottest peppers grow under Serbian snow
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Top trending recipe and diet searches on Google in the US: Meat and potato pie and fasting
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Michelin to launch in Malta
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Whisky galore! Largest ever collection could fetch up to US$10m
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Coffee, tea or... a mystery: So when is a barista not a barista?
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'Disco' in a pan: The hearty Argentinian ploughman's meal
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Air New Zealand launches coffee cups you can eat to reduce onboard waste
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Force-feeding off menu as France trials ‘naturally fatty’ foie gras
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Chef Michel Roux Jr is creating meals for a special crossing of the Queen Mary 2
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Cut down on meat? Top French butcher says less is more
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Alain Ducasse opens US$8m restaurant in Bangkok
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French chef who ‘invented’ magret de canard dies aged 84
PARIS, Dec 4 — French chef Andre Daguin, credited with inventing the magret de canard dish emblematic of southwestern France and making the rich duck delicacy famous worldwide,...
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The world’s most affordable Michelin-starred restaurants are in Asia
SINGAPORE, Dec 4 — Just US$2.20 (RM9). That is the price per head that you might pay in the world’s least expensive Michelin-starred restaurant. To get in line outside Liao...
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TripAdvisor to add Michelin touch to restaurant listings
PARIS, Dec 3 — The Michelin Guide of the world’s top restaurants, regarded as the bible for gastronomes, is teaming up with the online travel review site TripAdvisor in a bid...
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Japanese chef at the top of La Liste says he’s not great — yet
PARIS, Dec 3 — Yosuke Suga does not believe he is a great chef — not yet anyway. The statistics tell a different story. The fresh-faced Japanese cook is at the very top of La...
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AirAsia bets its in-flight menu can win diners on the ground
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 — Airline food has long been the butt of travellers’ jokes, but Malaysia’s AirAsia Group Bhd is seeking to turn that notion on its head - opening its...
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What goes into making the perfect burger? Thailand's Taiki Tsubota has the answer
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 — Fed up with how the buns get soggy as you are working your way through a burger? Hate it when your burger is too large for your mouth? Thailand's Taiki...
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Jing Ze in Section 17, PJ: Unpretentious premium contemporary Asian cooking that won't kill your wallet
PETALING JAYA, Nov 29 — Nicholas Scorpion is not your typical chef. The Singaporean, who owns Jing Ze Contemporary Asian Restaurant, is willing to go to great lengths just to...
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‘Curry for salarymen’: Top ‘La Liste’ chef recalls early days
TOKYO, Nov 30 — A Tokyo chef whose restaurant has been ranked one of the world’s top places to eat told AFP how he was once reduced to whipping up lowly curry to attract...
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This story has legs: Cambodia ‘bug cafe’ serves up insect tapas
SIEM REAP, Nov 29 — Ant spring rolls, silkworm taro croquettes and a “bug mac” — Cambodia’s first insect tapas restaurant is mixing cocktail culture with creepy crawler...
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Japanese restaurants rocket to top of best in world list
TOKYO, Nov 29 — Two Japanese restaurants have shot to the top of the La Liste ranking of best places to eat in the world, with a third one getting the second highest mark from...
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Bowmore and Aston Martin to release exclusive whisky series
LONDON, Nov 29 — Luxury British brands Aston Martin and whisky-maker Bowmore have teamed up in a partnership that will see limited-edition whisky bottlings. The terms of the...
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Beijing gets one three-star restaurant in city’s inaugural Michelin guide
PARIS, Nov 28 — The inaugural Michelin guide for Beijing has given the city its first, and only, three-starred restaurant. Xin Rong Ji, which serves regional Taizhou cuisine...
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‘Banana on steroids’: Life-saver for warming world
LONDON, Nov 28 — Described as “a banana on steroids”, enset may be the superfood you’ve never heard of, let alone tasted, but scientists say it could be a life saver for a...
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World’s 50 Best Restaurants launches new drinking and dining guide
NEW YORK, Nov 28 — Organisers of the influential World’s 50 Best Restaurants ranking have launched a new drinking and dining website, similar in vibe to Zagat and Michelin....
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British celebrity chef Gary Rhodes dies suddenly at 59
LONDON, Nov 28 — British chef and TV presenter Gary Rhodes has died at the age of 59, prompting tributes from Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver and Prue Leith to the “rock star of...
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Five years after sanctions, Russian cheeses getting top marks
MOSCOW, Nov 27 ― Elvira Kovtun made her first cheese in a pot in her kitchen four years ago. Kovtun, a housewife and mostly self-taught cheesemaker, became so good that she and...
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Gucci teases fresh restaurant launch in LA for Spring 2020
LOS ANGELES, Nov 27 ― Italian luxury label Gucci is set to open a new restaurant in Los Angeles next year, following the success and recent Michelin-star coronation of its...
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What dim sum taught me about... life
COMMENTARY, Nov 27 — We eye every bamboo steamer greedily: baked cha siu sou with a craggy polo bun crust; pan-fried cheong fun rice rolls in XO chilli sauce; soft,...
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Famed Tokyo sushi restaurant Jiro left dreaming of Michelin stars
TOKYO, Nov 26 — A famed Tokyo sushi restaurant where Barack Obama is said to have enjoyed the best sushi of his life has been dropped from the latest Michelin gourmet guide...