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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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The "Indonesia Memasak by Yummy" event, the first online cooking event by digital media 'Yummy', will run cooking classes, discussions, bazaars and other activities featuring a host of Indonesian culinary celebrities and writers.
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'Yummy' media launches 1st online cooking event, Indonesia Memasak

Renowned culinary expert William Wongso and food writer Kevindra Soemantri are among the featured presenters of "Indonesia Memasak by Yummy", set to run from Dec. 1 to 31.

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Unilever targets 1-billion-euro sales for plant-based foods

Anglo-Dutch consumer giant Unilever said it has set a new annual sales target of one billion euros for plant-based food products as consumers turn away from meat and dairy.

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A pea protein-based lamb shawarma with aubergine, yoghurt and couscous, pomegranate, inspired by a dish created by chef Chantelle Nicholson is seen at flavor maker Givaudan's innovation centre in Kemptthal, Switzerland, on October 29, 2020.
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Tricking the taste buds: Flavor makers rise to meaty challenge

At flavor maker Givaudan's innovation center near Zurich, veteran chef Sam Brunschweiler serves up a lamb shawarma dish that looks and tastes appropriately meaty but is made from pea protein.

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Chef Daniel Boulud of restaurant Daniel, poses for a portrait before service on the first day that restaurants were allowed to start indoor dining since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan Borough of New York City, New York, United States, on September 30, 2020.
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Chef Daniel Boulud's secret ingredient for 2020? Creativity

Restaurants are testing new recipes for the nouvelle normal extending through 2021, with ingredients for safe dining and comfort vibes.

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Bubble tea, better known as boba, is a popular Taiwanese driank that is available from the online 2020 Taiwan Food Pavilion.
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2020 Taiwan Food Pavilion offers authentic foods, drinks at a click

Fans of Taiwanese culinary delights (no, not Star Wars), can try a tall glass of yummy boba and other foods by ordering them online from the 2020 Taiwan Food Pavilion.

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In this file photo taken on May 1, 2006 in Montpellier, southern France, shows the logo of a McDonalds restaurant.
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McDonald's launching meatless 'McPlant' burger

Fast food giant McDonald's announced it was launching a new plant-based burger named the "McPlant" to cater to the growing number of people who do not eat meat.

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A series of offers are available throughout Grab's Makanthon culinary festival.
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GrabFood launches ‘Makanthon’ culinary festival to support local food sellers

GrabFood's Makanthon culinary festival aims to support local food sellers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Cup noodle. Pop Mie has launched Pop Mie PaNas, which combines noodles and rice in one cup.
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As Indonesian as it gets: Pop Mie cup noodles with rice

Pop Mie is the first brand in Indonesia to launch a noodles-rice combination in one cup, but is the carbs combo good for your body?

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Customers are served inside Rudy's Vegan Butcher shop, amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, on October 30, 2020.
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Where's the meat? UK's first vegan butchers launches

In a corner of north London, a new gleaming butchers is preparing to open. The only thing it lacks is meat.

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This picture taken on October 19, 2020 shows bottles of extra virgin olive oil displayed in the house of Bosnian olive farmer Jure Susac near the South-Western Bosnian town of Ljubuski on October 19, 2020.
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Bosnia enters olive oil market with award-winning 'liquid gold'

Blessed 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". 

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Belgian chocolatier Pierre Marcolini poses in his kitchen workshop after being crowned best pastry chef in the world by his peers at international competition, in Brussels, Belgium, on October 27, 2020.
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Belgian chocolatier crowned best pastry chef in the world

A 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.

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This handout photo obtained courtesy of Coteau Rougemont vineyard shows Vidal blanc grapes viewed before harvesting on October 17, 2020 in Rougemont, Quebec.
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The grape escape: Canada baffled by vineyard theft

Thieves escaped with half a ton of grapes they had stripped directly from the vine at a winery in Canada's Quebec province.

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The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) has announced that its signature festival, 'Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival' will be presented in online and offline formats this year.
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Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival to return online and offline

With the recent political unrest and the COVID-19 outbreak, the festival was put on hold before it was shifted to a virtual event.

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The European Parliament on Friday rejected a much-mocked attempt to ban companies from branding plant-based products with meaty names like 'veggie burger'.
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MEPs back 'veggie burgers' but ban dairy-free 'yoghurt'

The European Parliament on Friday rejected a much-mocked attempt to ban companies from branding plant-based products with meaty names like "veggie burger".

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Collaborating with 70 local restaurants, Online Rice Festival offers 250 rice dishes with more than 1,000 side dishes of halal and non-halal selections.
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Blibli, Tirta Lie present Online Rice Festival

Ready-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.

5 years ago
Biodegradable 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.
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Foods of the future set to green taste buds

Biodegradable 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.

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Go international: Indonesian coffee roastery and café Tanamera Coffee had opened its first international outlet in Singapore’s Change Alley Mall.
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Tanamera Coffee opens first international outlet in Singapore

In 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.

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Chocolatier Pipiltin Cocoa is collaborating with Kopi Kenangan for its chocolate beverages.
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Kopi Kenangan collaborates with Pipiltin Cocoa to boost local products

The collaboration stems from the two companies’ shared mission of introducing Indonesian commodities to the world and boosting local farmers’ incomes.

5 years ago
Food carts are seen on the street during an anti-government protest in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 21, 2020.
Food

Fastest food: The Thai street cooks who get to protests first

Thai 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.

5 years ago
Impossible Foods plant-based beef products are seen inside a refrigerator at the meat section of a supermarket in Hong Kong, China, on October 20, 2020.
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Impossible Foods launches in Asian grocery stores as it aims to move into China

Impossible Foods' faux beef burgers will be sold in grocery stores in Hong Kong and Singapore starting Tuesday.

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Restaurants 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 in the European parliament.
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Farmers ask EU parliament to ban terms such as 'veggie burger'

Restaurants 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.

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Bottles of counterfeit Sassicaia wine, a variety considered among the finest in the world, are seen in an undisclosed location near Milan, in this undated handout photo released by Guardia di Finanza, Italy, 2020.
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Italian police put cork on 'world's best wine' fakes

Italian 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.

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A 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.
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Thai Monthong faces Malaysia's ‘King’ in battle for China’s durian market

A 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.

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French chef Gilles Reinhardt shows a plate with frog legs in the restaurant of Paul Bocuse 'Auberge Du Pont de Collonges' in Collonges au Mont D'Or, near Lyon, central France, on October 8, 2020.
Food

French frog farmers jump to meet restaurant demand

Every year, the French consume some 4,000 tons of frogs' legs -- the equivalent of 40 blue whales. 

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In India, a young company has made a vegan egg its flagship product.
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After the vegan burger, here comes the 'vegan egg'

With 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.

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Cakes shaped like a microscopic view of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 are seen at a bakery, amid concerns about the spread of the disease (COVID-19), in Prague, Czech Republic, on October 6, 2020.
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Prague cafe hits sweet spot with coronavirus-shaped dessert

A 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.

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Silicon 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.
Food

With this California startup, no need for whiskey to age

Silicon 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.

5 years ago
Yoshua Tanu, CEO of Jago Coffee, a digital platform for coffee chain brands on wheels, told kompas.com that the COVID-19 pandemic had affected the business, especially during the imposition of the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) in Jakarta. 
Food

On-demand delivery keeps Indonesia’s coffee business brewing during pandemic

Coffee is going online in a big way and selling by the liter as coffee shops find a way to get around COVID-19 restrictions.

5 years ago
People have drinks on a bar's terrasse in Paris on September 26, 2020.
Food

Paris shuts bars to brake COVID-19 spread

Bars 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.

5 years ago
A dessert table with various cookies, tarts, cakes, cupcakes and cake pops. Jakarta Dessert Week runs from Oct. 5 to 25 on Tokopedia.
Food

Jakarta Dessert Week spreads sweetness on Tokopedia

Jakarta Dessert Week aims to help home-based food and beverage businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

5 years ago
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