Stories about Food from May, 2007
Myanmar: Preparing Mont Lone Yay Paw
Yangon Thu shares her recipe for Mont Lone Yay Paw or Burmese Glutinous Rice Balls with palm sugar. The blogger posts a picture of the dessert to motivate to readers into preparing it.
Brunei: Eating Out
Old Man's Blog is happy that more and more people in Brunei are eating out. “am glad for these changes. Brunei is growing up. The people of this wonderful place are growing up. We are venturing out. We are living our life more openly.”
Lebanon: On Freedom, War and Olive Oil
The upcoming Lebanese presidential election, the Winograd Report regarding the Israeli July 2006 war on Lebanon, Lebanese agricultural products, Syrian workers, freedom of speech and freedom to blog in the Arab world, resistance to colonialism and the implications of being a leftist in Lebanon are some of the topics discussed by Lebanese blogs this week, reports Moussa Bashir.
Kuwait: It's Heating Up in Here !
Indoor activities are a big hit in Kuwait as summer temperatures soar. Bloggers discuss the programmes available in this week's round up by Abdullatif Alomar, which include indoor climbing and a tour of a moored sailing ship.
Oman: Food Blog Launched
Oman blogger Blue Chi has set up a cooking blog along with her friend. “I would like to confirm that all the photographs found on the Omani Cuisine website are of the actual food that we made, and no, I am not kidding. You can now go ahead and check...
Trinidad & Tobago: Fruit In Season
A range of mouth-watering fruit is in-season in Trinidad – Lifespan of a Chennette samples them wholeheartedly. (Posted with appetizing photos!)
Madagascar: Lack of Activity in Local Blogs in Times of Crisis Sparks Debate
Much has been written about the series of natural disasters that have hit Madagascar recently. Tomavana sheds some light on yet another crisis in the North-West region of Madagascar now plagued by famine. Le Programme alimentaire mondial [PAM] a lancé un nouvel appel en faveur des 190′000 Malagasy victimes des...
Barbados: World Obesity Ranking
“According to Forbes Barbados weighs in at #12 in the world obesity ranking and at #2 in the Caribbean,” writes What crazy looks like as she embarks on her own health and fitness regime.
Kazakhstan: Kazakh Manti American-Style
News from the Caravan shows how to adapt the recipe for manti, a classic Kazakh dish to be easier to make for the time-pressed.
Estonia: On Food (and Peace)
The buzz surrounding Tallinn's Bronze Soldier is slowly subsiding, so here is a completely amicable entry on food and peace, written in Russian on May 3 by Tallinn-based LJ user orang-m.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: VAT Introduced
“I swear I have to get into back yard planting,” writes Abeni, as the introduction of Value Added Tax sends food prices in St. Vincent and the Grenadines soaring.
The Panama Canal Expansion, Labor Day Issues and Quingming
Panamanian bloggers talk about food, Labor Day closings and the Panama Canal expansion. In addition, one blogger talks about the practice of honoring the dead in China.
Laos: Big Laotian Breakfast
Lao cuisine has pictures of the preparation of the big breakfast that the blogger's uncle used to prepare.
Uzbekistan: Simple Plov
The Uzbek and Central Asian Cooking blog posts a simple recipe for plov, Uzbekistan's national dish.
Peru: Ceviche Tops List
Alejandro's Peru Food blog links to a recent poll of Lima residents that found that ceviche is their preferred dish. Other dishes lagged far behind, from which he adds, “All I have to say is, of course!”
South Korea: Calories and eating culture
Andy Jackson from Marmot's Hole blogs about foods and calories statistic of 30s and 40s. For Korean man, soju is the second source of energy.
Guyane: Strange Fruit
En Guyane posts [Fr] pictures of a mangosteen, a local fruit originating from Asia. She calls the fruit “sweet and strange”.
China: Poisoned pets, our food regulations
With American FDA officials on the way to China to get to the bottom of the inclusion of the toxic chemical melamime in pet food exported to the United States, now known to have been responsible for at least several thousand cat and dog deaths, what do Chinese netizens have...
Myanmar: Burmese Food in the US
Fifty Viss is making his readers hungry with a picture laden post on finding Burmese food in the US.
Russia: Dill and Other Food
Darkness at Noon writes about Russian food: “Did I mention the dill? Apparently this is the only herb that grows fresh in Russia because it has found its way into damn near every dish on the table. I once loved dill. Now it too falls in the “once a year”...