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Food · December, 2011
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Stories about Food from December, 2011

29 December 2011

China: Dairy Company's Website Hacked by Angry Netizens

The latest round of tainted milk scandals broke out last week in China. The country's biggest dairy producer, Mengniu Dairy Co., admitted that some of its milk products contained aflatoxin...

28 December 2011

Cambodia: One Province, One Product Trade and Exhibit

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

Cambodia: Impact of Organic Farming

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

27 December 2011

A Radical Solution For Global Poverty: Open Borders

Written by Rakotomalala · Sub-Saharan Africa

Various experts say that extreme poverty isn't inevitable. The most radical solution to drastically reducing global poverty would be, for many economic experts, opening the borders between countries and allowing...

China: Top 10 Problems in 2011

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

21 December 2011

Armenia-Azerbaijan: Garlic Wars

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

With tensions high between Armenia and Azerbaijan as a result of a still unresolved territorial dispute, the appearance of Azerbaijani garlic in Armenian supermarkets has made some local media hysterical.

16 December 2011

Cambodia: How to Cook in a Bamboo Tube

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

14 December 2011

Cuba: Food History

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Brazil: On a Bill that Bans Drinking in Public Places

Written by Raphael Tsavkko Garcia · Quick Reads · Latin America

12 December 2011

Guatemalan Children Caught in the Cycle of Starvation

Written by Silvia Viñas · Quick Reads · Latin America

9 December 2011

Macedonia: Ajvar, Glorified

Written by Filip Stojanovski · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

8 December 2011

North Korean Restaurant in Cambodia

Written by Lee Yoo Eun · Quick Reads · East Asia

7 December 2011

Trinidad & Tobago: Making Sorrel

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

5 December 2011

Trinidad & Tobago: Celebrating Christmas

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

3 December 2011

Azerbaijan: Toy… Tying the Knot the Azeri Way

Written by Aygun Janmammadova · Central Asia & Caucasus

Toy is the Azerbaijani word for a wedding, one of the most important events for families everywhere. However, in Azerbaijan such importance is placed on marriage that it takes months...