Stories about Food from January, 2008
Americas: End of the Year Traditions
End of the year traditions across Latin America are varied, as many include local customs, the preparation of delicious food, and plenty of loud fireworks. This is a collection of how some bloggers spent their holidays throughout the region.
Tunisia: Fast Food Haunts
Looking for fast food in Tunisia? Subzero Blue zeros in on his favourite chicken joint.
Japan: Wasabi Plant
Want to grow wasabi in your apartment? Harvey from JapanNewbie has the experience to share.
Japan: Changing New Year Celebrations
New Year's Day is the most important holiday for many people in Japan, where anything "first of the year" bears a special value: first day of the year, first sunrise, first dream, first sales...
Ukraine: Tourism in the Carpathians
Olechko writes about tourism in the Ukrainian Carpathians.
Albania: New Year's
Albanian Blogger describes a typical Albanian New Year's celebration; Living in Shkoder illustrates it with Medi Belortaja's cartoon.
Puerto Rico: Epiphany Day
The celebration of Epiphany Day causes Liza Sabater to have an epiphany of her own: “The blogosphere needs more of the cowbell that is Puerto Rico.”
Singapore : Lontong At Pulau Ubin
The Annotated Budak takes us to Ubin Island off Singapore to try the local dish of lontong and curry.
Vietnam: Regulating the Street Economy
Vietnamese capital city Hanoi recently introduced a draft legislation aimed at improving traffic flow. The result of this was a drastic reduction in the places where the vendors can sell there wares. Caroline Finlay looks at the online debates sparked by this new legislation.
Jordan: Expensive Food
From Jordan, Khalaf discusses taxes and the increasing prices of food.
Japan: Rice Cooker Test
James from Japan Probe blogs a local test on the relation between rice cooker and the taste of rice.
China: Standardized Steamed Buns
A hot topic is China these days is the news about national standard of steamed buns. Joel Martinsen from DANWEI has translated some of the discussions.
Guyana: 2008 Wishes
“I want to make a li’l wish for everybody. Salut. Sante. Warm hugs on cold days. Nice cool drinks when your life-pot get too hot”: Guyana-Gyal wishes everyone a fulfilling...
Dominica: Year of the Frog
Dominica's “mountain chicken” is now on the endangered list. Steve's Dominica links to the story.
