From genuine, unpaid reviews to clever marketing tactics, food vloggers have painted the culinary landscape of the country, offering not just insightful responses but also vibrant recommendations to gastronomic explorers.
1 month agoSouth Korean start-up RE:HARVEST, in collaboration with P4G (Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals), ASEIC (ASEM SMEs Eco-Innovation Center) and leading beverage producer PT Multi Bintang Indonesia Tbk, hosted a Food Upcycling Seminar on Feb. 14-15 in Menteng, Central Jakarta, with an aim to advance sustainable food practices and reduce food waste.
2 months agoIn China, where people are choosing to adopt pets rather than have children, restaurants or online stores have started to offer dinner events and meal sets for cats and dogs, with at least one held a few days early on Saturday.
3 months agoBlessed with sunshine, virgin land and ample ground water, southern Bosnia is breaking into the olive oil market, winning medals and helping put the country on the map for "liquid gold".
4 years agoA Belgian chocolatier has been crowned the world's best pastry chef by a jury of independent reporters, helping consolidate Belgium's reputation as a producer of top class chocolate.
4 years agoThieves escaped with half a ton of grapes they had stripped directly from the vine at a winery in Canada's Quebec province.
4 years agoWith the recent political unrest and the COVID-19 outbreak, the festival was put on hold before it was shifted to a virtual event.
4 years agoThe European Parliament on Friday rejected a much-mocked attempt to ban companies from branding plant-based products with meaty names like "veggie burger".
4 years agoReady-to-eat meals from the Online Rice Festival is being sold and sent instantly through couriers with minimum physical contact to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission.
4 years agoBiodegradable chewing-gum, a chick-pea dessert and drinks made from cocoa shells were all singled out for recognition by a food fair focused on ecology and affordability this year.
4 years agoIn a time marked by downsizing and austerity, Indonesian coffee roastery and café Tanamera Coffee is instead spreading its wings further with the opening of its first international outlet in Singapore.
4 years agoThe collaboration stems from the two companies’ shared mission of introducing Indonesian commodities to the world and boosting local farmers’ incomes.
4 years agoThai street food sellers have earned the nickname "CIA" for the intelligence that helps them reach protests not only before police, but before many protesters too.
4 years agoImpossible Foods' faux beef burgers will be sold in grocery stores in Hong Kong and Singapore starting Tuesday.
4 years agoRestaurants and shops in the European Union could be barred from marketing products as "veggie burgers" or "vegan sausage" if farmers get their way in a debate this week in the European parliament.
4 years agoItalian police have broken up a ring producing counterfeit Sassicaia wine, a variety considered among the finest in the world that sells for hundreds of euros a bottle.
4 years agoA fruit war has broken out in China, where Malaysia’s Musang King is battling with Thailand’s Monthong to conquer the increasingly lucrative durian market.
4 years agoEvery year, the French consume some 4,000 tons of frogs' legs -- the equivalent of 40 blue whales.
4 years agoWith World Egg Day taking place on October 13, an Indian start-up is making headlines with a food innovation that may shock some purist fans of traditional omelettes.
4 years agoA restaurant in Prague's historic center has invented a dessert shaped like the novel coronavirus, an attempt to arrest a slump in business that is already proving a hit with customers.
4 years agoSilicon Valley is now taking aim at whiskey aged in barrels, with a start-up promising to mature spirits on a large scale in days instead of years with the same taste, color and aroma.
4 years agoCoffee is going online in a big way and selling by the liter as coffee shops find a way to get around COVID-19 restrictions.
4 years agoBars and cafes in Paris and its nearest suburbs, placed on maximum coronavirus alert Monday, will be shuttered for two weeks under new measures to slow the rapid spread of COVID-19 cases.
4 years agoJakarta Dessert Week aims to help home-based food and beverage businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
4 years agoParis restaurants will be allowed to stay open -- but under tightened restrictions -- when the city is placed on maximum coronavirus alert in the face of alarming COVID-19 infection numbers.
4 years agoThe United States' west coast is experiencing a record-breaking fire season, with five of the state's six biggest blazes in history currently burning, and nearly four million acres scorched.
4 years agoWith alcohol as a lubricant, the formality that can govern the Japanese workplace slips away, and drinking - often heavily - with colleagues is seen as important to career advancement for some.
4 years agoOne of France's top chefs on Thursday urged fellow restaurant and bar owners to protest against the possible closure of their establishments, as the government considers tightening rules to control a second coronavirus wave.
4 years agoThere are now so many ways to enjoy your daily perk, from creamy Vietnamese coffee and the ceremonials of Ethiopian coffee to Turkey's traditional strong black brew.
4 years agoThe mooncake is the delicacy of the Mid-Autumn festival which officially starts on October 1.
4 years agoA Malaysian worker pours roasted coffee beans into a pot of bubbling, melted sugar as an ageing machine stirs the ingredients into a sticky black mixture over a crackling wood fire. The Antong mill, believed to be the oldest such set-up in Malaysia, has been using the same methods to produce its popular coffee for almost nine decades.
4 years agoNew York City restaurants reopened indoor dining at 25% capacity on Wednesday, welcoming patrons hungry for food and company in the pandemic with tight safety measures in candle-lit rooms and behind kitchen doors.
4 years agoThe family of a Japanese chef who was a rising star in France said he has killed himself after he was the target of false sexual assault allegations.
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