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Beyond the plate: An Indonesian chef-sommelier’s culinary vision

Kaskara Hasibuan reflects on his international career, his pop-up platform Comocasa, and how global training has shaped his approach to cooking and wine.

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Buried fire, shared roots: A Maori and Papuan stone-cooking bond

A Maori hangi and Papuan bubigi cooked side by side highlight deep-rooted culinary parallels, where food becomes both sustenance and a language of togetherness. ...

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Trend vs. tradition: Matcha’s revival takes hold in Indonesia

Matcha is enjoying a renewed boom in Indonesia in 2025, driven by social media trends, specialty cafés and matcha-infused treats. As the powdered green tea goes mainstream, purists continue to defend its cultural roots through chado, the Japanese tea ceremony. ...

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Frozen noodles are flooding the market during the current pandemic and are often a better substitute to a bowl of instant noodles.
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Approved by Tirta Lie: Best frozen noodles in Jakarta

Noodle expert Tirta Lie shares his list of the 'best' frozen noodles to cook at home.

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Bottles of the Taittinger Champagne are seen at the Central Universal Department Store (TsUM) in Kiev, Ukraine, on June 20, 2017.
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Champagne sales sink in a world with little to celebrate

Global champagne sales are forecast to slump by a third, or 100 million bottles, this year as the coronavirus crisis shuts bars and restaurants worldwide and hammers economies.

5 years ago
People eat dinner as pig balloons occupy the seats as part of social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the restaurant reopened after the easing of restrictions, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 21,2020.
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How to lower your coronavirus risk while eating out: Restaurant advice from an infectious disease expert

As restaurants and bars reopen to the public, it’s important to realize that eating out will increase your risk of exposure to the new coronavirus.

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Consumers look for more food variety during the pandemic.
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Online food business a tasty opportunity during pandemic

In a time of pandemic, online culinary businesses serve as an attractive opportunity for some to start a new venture.

5 years ago
(From left) David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Mathew Perry, Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston and Matt LeBlanc, cast members from 'Friends' which won Outstanding Comedy series, pose at the 54th Annual Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on September 22, 2002.
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Official 'Friends' cookbook to be released in September

While the much-anticipated Friends reunion has been delayed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fans of the beloved sitcom will have the chance to discover a new official cookbook.

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An employee stands next to a barista robot that takes orders, makes coffee and brings the drinks straight to customers in Daejeon, South Korea, May 25, 2020.
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South Korean cafe hires robot barista to help with social distancing

The new robot barista at the cafe in Daejeon, South Korea, is courteous and swift as it seamlessly makes its way towards customers.

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This picture taken on May 13, 2020 shows a sample bowl of cricket ramen at a kitchen in Tokyo. In a steamy Tokyo kitchen, a roasted scent wafts through the air as Yuta Shinohara prepares soup stock for ramen, derived not from pork or chicken, but crickets. Shinohara and his team had planned to open an insect cuisine restaurant named Antcicada in downtown Tokyo in April, but were forced to put it on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, they have designed a pack of cricket ramen that can be cooked at home, and have sold 600 sets online as of mid-May.
Food

Japan insect enthusiast puts cricket ramen on the menu

The bowls of ramen produced by Shinohara and his team look and smell like those at restaurants across Japan: fine white noodles sit in a savoury soup, topped with a juicy slice of pork and fat pieces of pickled bamboo shoots.

5 years ago
Chef and owner Daniel Humm works to fill to-go boxes of food to donate in the kitchen of Michelin starred restaurant Eleven Madison Park as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID19) continues in the Manhattan borough of New York, United States, on May 20, 2020.
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New York chef turns Michelin-starred eatery into charity kitchen in COVID-19 crisis

Chef Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park says his richest reward during the COVID-19 crisis is the grateful smiles of poor New Yorkers fed by the Michelin three-starred restaurant he has turned into a charity kitchen.

5 years ago
French chef Guy Savoy poses outside his Guy Savoy restaurant at La Monnaie de Paris in Paris on May 19, 2020.
Food

World's best chef starts again with takeaway soup

Now the three-star Michelin chef Guy Savoy is making soup that you can heat up at home in your microwave.

5 years ago
As the pandemic has prevented people from eating out, McDonald's Indonesia shared the recipe for its juicy-inside-crispy-outside fried chicken.
Food

McDonald’s shares fried chicken recipe for you to try at home

As the pandemic has prevented people from eating out, McDonald's Indonesia shared the recipe for its juicy-inside-crispy-outside fried chicken.

5 years ago
Michelin's main rival, the Gault & Millau, said it was time to stand by and support restaurants who are "in great danger".
Food

Michelin refuses to put away knife as guides rally round restaurants

The world's top gastronomic guides are split over whether to continue ranking and rating restaurants with many closed because of coronavirus lockdowns.

5 years ago
Meir Gitelis, co-developer of an Israeli company, eats while wearing a mask fitted with a mechanical mouth that opens to enable diners to eat without taking it off, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions ease, at Avtipus Patents and Inventions lab in Or Yehuda, Israel May 18, 2020.
Food

Mask in a restaurant? This one can gobble like Pac-Man

Israeli inventors have developed a coronavirus mask with a remote control mouth that lets diners eat food without taking it off, a device they say could make a visit to a restaurant less risky.

5 years ago
Mannequins costumed in 1940s era clothing are seated in the dining area of the Inn at Little Washington, a Michelin three star restaurant in the Virginia countryside, in Rappahannock County May 14, 2020 in Washington, Virginia.
Food

Dinner with dummies: US eatery fills empty seats with mannequins

Their eyes are vacant, their smiles uncanny -- but they're dressed to the nines and they don't need a reservation for some of America's finest dining.

5 years ago
Director of Forest Road Brewing Co Peter Brown pours a customer a pint of beer from the Forest Road Brewing Co pub on wheels vehicle during his delivery round in Hackney, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread continues in London, Britain, on May 12, 2020.
Food

London 'pub-on-wheels' pulls pints on people's doorsteps

Britain's pubs may be shut, but one east London brewer has found a novel way to keep the beer flowing - by packing his kegs into a van and pulling pints on people's doorsteps.

5 years ago
When it comes to adding a little texture to a dish of rhubarb or red berries, few things are better than a crumble topping.
Food

Five ideas to avoid throwing away leftover bread

With social distancing remaining the watchword in many countries around the world despite the cautious reopening of some businesses in some regions, many of us have developed newfound baking skills as we spend more time at home. 

5 years ago
Delivery men are seen outside a reopened McDonald's with take-out only deliveries in Dalston, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, on May 13, 2020.
Food

Return of Big Mac: McDonald's UK emerges from lockdown

After over seven weeks of coronavirus lockdown, Britons hankering for a Big Mac may be a step closer to getting their hands on one after McDonald's reopened 15 restaurants on Wednesday for delivery only.

5 years ago
A Swedish couple is opening a 'COVID-19-safe' pop-up restaurant in a meadow with one chair and one table in Ransater, Sweden, on March 26, 2020.
Food

Swedish pop-up restaurant fights coronavirus one guest at a time

A coronavirus-resistant restaurant in a meadow in Sweden with just one table and one chair has welcomed its first guest.

5 years ago
General Mills Inc's Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios are displayed on the shelf of a Whole Foods Market store in Venice, California, United States, on March 17, 2018.
Food

Cheerios maker, other big brands see sales spike in pandemic

General Mills Inc on Monday said it saw record demand for its pantry staples, becoming the latest packaged food maker to see business spike during the COVID-19 pandemic.

5 years ago
Hawker Kristen Choong wears a protective mask as she prepares ingredients with her mother Lai Yau Kiew at their Hong Lim Hawker Centre stall, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore on May 10, 2020.
Food

Singapore hawker won't let virus write 'tragic' end to family business

Owner of a decades-old noodle stall in Singapore has to constantly reassure customers that the stall will survive the next few months.

5 years ago
A picture taken on May 8, 2020 shows a rice plantation near Robbio, Lombardy, during the country's lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus.
Food

Italian rice puts pasta in the shade during pandemic

Europe's top rice producer Italy has seen consumption of the staple rise throughout the coronavirus pandemic, putting even pasta in the shade.

5 years ago
Beer at the Willinger Brauhaus, which could not be sold due to the lack of guests, is prepared for give away, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Willingen, Germany, on May 7, 2020.
Food

Free beer! German brewery gives away beverages it can't sell

Unable to deliver to hotels and restaurants closed due to coronavirus restrictions, a German brewery on Thursday gave away some 2,600 liters of beer.

5 years ago
Ben & Jerry's won the dismissal of a lawsuit by an environmental advocate who claimed the company deceived consumers by saying it used milk and cream from 'happy cows' on 'Caring Dairy' farms to make its premium ice cream.
Food

Unilever's Ben & Jerry's prevails in 'happy cows' lawsuit

Ben & Jerry's won the dismissal on Thursday of a lawsuit by an environmental advocate who claimed the company deceived consumers by saying it used milk and cream from "happy cows" on "Caring Dairy" farms to make its premium ice cream.

5 years ago
A popular quarantine fad to whip up a foamy beverage at home is helping drive sales of instant coffee.
Food

Whipped Dalgona craze is perking up sales of instant coffee

A popular quarantine fad to whip up a foamy beverage at home is helping drive sales of instant coffee.

5 years ago
A young South Korean woman was proclaimed the best lockdown cook in France Thursday by the country's trendiest gastronomic guide.
Food

Young Korean named France's best 'lockdown cook'

A young South Korean woman was proclaimed the best lockdown cook in France Thursday by the country's trendiest gastronomic guide.

5 years ago
An employee delivers an order in Burger King at Apple Green Services, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Ballyrobert, Northern Ireland, on April 16, 2020.
Food

Book a table for fast food? Burger King trials post-lockdown app in Italy

Burger King is trialing an app for ordering food and booking a table at its outlets in Italy, as it seeks to persuade locals it is safe to eat out again after more than two months of coronavirus lockdown.

5 years ago
Customers wait outside on social distancing markings at a prototype location of fast food giant McDonald's for restaurants which respect the 1.5m social distancing measure, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Arnhem, Netherlands, May 1, 2020.
Food

Dutch McDonald's trials social-distancing restaurant

Big Macs delivered on meal trolleys, hand sanitizers at the entrance and designated waiting spots to separate customers could become a feature of McDonald's restaurants in the Netherlands when they are allowed to reopen.

5 years ago
Heinz ABC plans to donate Rp 7.5 billion for the elderly.
Food

Heinz ABC launches initiative to support Indonesian senior citizens

Through a donation from sales  Heinz ABC Indonesia aims to donate Rp 7.5 billion for seniors citizens, who are "statistically more vulnerable and hence need nutrition and support."

5 years ago
This photo taken on November 10, 2018 shows Taiwanese singer and movie star Jay Chou performing during the 2018 Tmall 11:11 Global Shopping Festival gala in Shanghai.
Food

Jay Chou's restaurant to close at the end of May

Even Taiwanese superstar Jay Chou's restaurant has not been spared by the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago
Belgian pommes frites
Food

Belgians asked to 'eat more potatoes'

Romain Cools, secretary-general of Belgapom, urged Belgians to "eat french fries twice a week."

5 years ago
An Ural Airlines Airbus A321-200 taxis in front of a Lufthansa plane at the international airport in Munich, Germany, on January 9, 2018.
Food

Chicken or beef? Airline delivers in-flight meals to travel-deprived Russians

Ural Airlines has begun delivering in-flight meals to travel-deprived Russians who miss the thrill of a catering cart rolling down the aisle because of coronavirus lockdowns.

5 years ago
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