Stories about Food from July, 2006
Brunei: Jalan Sultan
The blogger at bruneiresources blogs about a Sunday afternoon he spent at a newly renovated street in the Brunei's capital city. “The other product is our famous ‘sotong tutuk’ literally hammered squid. My first knowledge of sotong tutuk was many years ago in Pantai Muara. Whenever you go to the...
Ukraine: Krayina Mriy
Petro of Petro's Jotter writes about his family's visit to Krayina Mriy (“Dream Country”) world music festival that took place in Kyiv this past weekend, and argues why Ukraine isn't a “banana republic.”
Israel: Healthy Parliamentarians
Contestants from Israel's version of “The Biggest Loser” visited the Knesset last week in a feeble attempt to educate the Israeli government in the ways of healthy eating. Not surprising in the least, the “parliamentarians” showed absolutely no interest in the meeting, Harry said.
Canada, Caribbean: West Indian restaurants
Barbadian blogger Jdid writes at length, and with great humour, about his experiences of West Indian restaurants in Toronto.
Costa Rica: Tico Food
Uri Ridelman has launched Tico Food, a food blog with recipes and news on Costa Rican cuisine.
Global Food Blog Report #24
#1: From Thailand, B'Tonian in Siam : Thai Food & the Market I’ve heard so many people say they love Thai food, but few can name more than a handful of Thai dishes. In actuality, there are thousands of Thai dishes and most Thais eat hundreds of different dishes yearly....
Serbia: Tourism
Belgrade Blog posts a rough translation of an article on tourism that appeared in a Serbian publication: “Some tourists complain that portions are too large in our restaurants. Often they are double the size of what you receive in Western eateries […]”
Palestine: Gaza: Numbers In The Dark
21,000 children will lose the chance to enroll in kindergarten and summer camps. Some 80,000 children will suffer psychological problems from fear of darkness and nightmares. 200,000 households lost the source of electricity. Food stuff storage for the basic commodities (wheat, rice, etc) will not last for more than two...
Iran: To Live or to Survive!
Iran Emrouz says according to Iranian Central Bank statistics prices of basic products such as bread or sugar go higher and higher. The blogger says the majority of Iranians just cover twenty percent of their needs and they should do second or third jobs to survive. The blogger adds most...
Russia: State Duma Deputy's Journal
Yevgeniy Roizman, 43, is more than just a Russian State Duma deputy. He is also the founder of Russia's only privately-owned religious icon museum (called Nevyanskaya Ikona, 600 works); has been collecting works of Ural painters (2,000 so far) and is building a museum in Yekaterinburg to house them; is...
Bangladesh: Jhalmuri and Popcorn
Drishtipat on the changing face of street food in Dhaka. Jhalmuri replaced by Popcorn. “However when I was in Dhaka earlier this year, I found jhhalmuri vendors being replaced with popcorn vendors. You hardly can stop in any traffic light without being solicited to buy the pre packed popcorns.”
Russia: Wine Shortage
Megan Case writes about the effect the current foreign-made wine shortage in Russia is having on her life: “When wine started disappearing from the shelves last week, we were unconcerned. Kostia’s theory was that it was all bought up by high school graduates preparing for the all-night graduation party last...
Global Food Blog Report #23
#1: From Berlin, Delicious Days cooks up a storm and celebrates for the winning of her team Germany last Friday night: Berlin, Berlin, wir fahren nach Berlin! OR Finger Food for the Big Party… The many people who believed that the World Cup may have a positive effect on our...
