Stories about Food from July, 2007
Annoying Food Taxes in Oman
Blogger Amjad discusses the issue of the confusing and misleading taxes in restaurant receipts in Oman.
Kenya: recipe for Kenyan dish, Mthokoi
Try to make the the Kenyan dish, Mthokoi: “Many thanks to Wawuda for sharing this recipe with us. I have prepared this recipe a few times for my family. It seems very simple but the mixture of beans, corn and sweet pepper creates a wonderful flavor that may make you...
Thailand: Yunanese Food in Bangkok
Real Thai hunts down a Chinese restaurant in Bangkok that serves Yunanese food. Yunan is a province of China closest to South East Asia and some Yunanese people sought refuge in Northern Thailand after the communist took control of China in 1949.
Kuwait: Cockroach in Your Pizza
PhilQ8 writes about a cockroach found in a pizza in Kuwait.
Trinidad & Tobago: Saturday Cookup
“A typical Saturday doesn’t usually involve having lunch with a celebrity, roasting amazing Herdwick lamb and stabbing myself with an oyster knife. But yesterday was different.” Can Cook, Must Cook has an eventful weekend.
China: Rodent population problem
A lake swells and two billion rats flee into farmland, destroying many crops. A massive extermination campaign is launched bringing in ninety tons of rodent in less than a month and leaving bloggers questioning, of all things, their eating habits.
China: You're killing me!
A hilarious post by positive solution on his day-to-day toxic life.
Kuwait: Weight Loss Progress
Zeena from Kuwait updates us on her weight loss programme here.
Thailand: North Food in Bangkok
Real Thai introduces some Northern Thai dishes and recommends a place in Bangkok where one can get these dishes.
Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana: Tasty Dishes
Lifespan of a Chennette blogs about a few dishes that have formed part of her “Guyanese foodie experience”.
Afghanistan: Breadmaking
Bread is the main staple of poor Afghans and Õnne Pärl has a closer look at the inner workings of a bakery in Kabul.
Jordan: Regulating Falafel Prices
Lina Ejeilat from Jordan writes about regulating Falafel prices.
Milk wars in the Philippines: Breastmilk versus Infant Formula
The top three consumer commodities in the Philippines are formula milk, mobile phone cards and beer. Infant formula products are among the most imported goods in the country. A major reason why these products are popular despite being expensive and vastly inferior to breast milk is the aggressive advertising of milk companies. Now, the government wants to regulate milk ads. We look at online comments on this issue.
Egypt: The Best Burgers
Maryanne Stroud Gabbani claims that Egypt is home to the world's best burgers.
Jordan: Summer Activities
Lina Ejeilat from Jordan gives us a break down of summer activities in her country here.
Guyana: Healthy Eating
A book by Michael Pollan gets GuyaneseMark thinking about how lucky he is to be in Guyana, “where my only choice when buying produce and meat is to look at local, all-natural producers. It denies the capitalist consumer in me to search for the better price for food at the...
An Insider's View of the Japanese Meat Industry
A recent scandal involving a Japanese company from Hokkaido selling pork disguised as beef has once more eroded people's confidence in the quality and safety of their own food. One blogger provides a sobering warning, from first-hand experience working in a meat processing plant, about the lax enforcement of quality controls within the Japanese meat industry.
Russia: Getting Used to Moscow, Russian Food, etc.
Darkness at Noon writes about his “newfound acceptance of Russia.”
Kazakhstan: Fun food
KZBlog finds some funky food in Kazakhstan's supermarkets, including USSR icecream and horsemeat-flavoured chips/crisps.
Sierra Leone: Don't play with hungry man's rice during election season
Read all about Gaddafi's visit to Sierra Leone and the truth about the rice that may have cost the Sierra Leone government the electoral campaign: “The past week in Sierra Leone has been incredibly interesting and somewhat chaotic. As you probably now know, Libya’s Gaddafi rode into town via Conakry...
Malawi: Windmill genius, burying the first lady, and other things Malawian
The most exciting phenomenon in the Malawian blogosphere as I am writing is the 19-year-old William Kamkwamba. Five years ago, William dropped out of secondary school just after two terms due to lack of money for school fees. Visiting a nearby school library supplied by the Malawi Teacher Training Activity (MTTA), a USAID project, he one day found a book on how to make electricity using home-made materials, and today he has not only built a windmill that is attracting attention around the world, he was also given a standing ovation at the Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) conference, held June 4-7 in Arusha, Tanzania.
