Food

Lunch-hour dance parties gaining worldwide popularity

STOCKHOLM, May 20 — The concept of lunch-hour dance parties is taking hold around the world, with office workers breaking free from the chains that bind them to their desks for sweaty, 60-minute dance-offs in the middle of the day.

The idea behind Lunch Beat is simple: for one hour, 9 to 5ers can blow off steam, get some exercise and take in ... Read More

Little chefs all ears and attention cooking for Mother’s Day at Shangri-La hotel in Kuala Lumpur, May 12, 2013. — Picture courtesy  Shangri-La hotel

Little chefs all ears and attention cooking for Mother’s Day at Shangri-La hotel in Kuala Lumpur, May 12, 2013. — Picture courtesy Shangri-La hotel Read More

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At-home chefs open up their kitchens to tourists

TEL AVIV, May 19 — A service that pairs tourists looking for authentic dining experience with hosts who love to throw dinner parties and show off their cuisine is gaining buzz as the AirBnB of the food ... Read More

Domino’s Pizza Brazil creates DVD movies that smell like pizza

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 19 — Pizza restaurant chains are turning up the heat when it comes to innovative marketing campaigns, with the latest pitch out of Domino’s selling DVD discs that emerge out of the ... Read More

EU finds time to tell restaurants how to serve olive oil

BRUSSELS, May 19 — Critics ridiculed European Union bureaucrats yesterday for taking time off fighting the euro zone’s debt crisis to impose strict new rules on how restaurants serve olive oil.From ... Read More

Flavourful delights at Italian bistro

By Eu Hooi Khaw

KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 — There’s nothing like a good risotto or pasta that tells you the Italian bistro you have just been to is worth going again. We liked the Prawn and Scallop Risotto at Uno! in Taman ... Read More

Little chefs meet big chef

By Eu Hooi Khaw

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — They learnt to make butter and pasta, clarify a consommé, shape semolina dumplings, and ice a strawberry mille-feuille. All 17 of them.The children — little chefs — were bewitched ... Read More

Green tea panna cotta: Where East meets West

By Elaine Ho

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — This definitely has to be one of my favourite desserts. Panna Cotta, a popular Italian dessert with an Asian twist — green tea!In its simplest form, panna cotta is made by simmering ... Read More

Steamed dumpling restaurant in Taipei named best in Asia

TAIPEI, May 16 — A restaurant chain in Taipei best known for its masterfully executed, soup-filled dumplings has been named the best restaurant in Asia.Influential food blog The Daily Meal has released ... Read More

UN, Slow Food agree to boost local recipes

ROME, May 16 — The UN food agency and the gastronomic and ecological movement Slow Food signed an agreement yesterday for joint work on promoting small farmers and local recipes around the world that they ... Read More

Ready for some Eurasian specialties?

By Helen Ong

GEORGE TOWN, May 14 — Despite the fact that Eurasians have been in Penang since the late 1700s when Europeans who came to trade married locals and settled down, very little of the cuisine can actually be ... Read More

Eating at Subway nearly as calorific as McDonald’s, says study

LOS ANGELES, May 13 — Think Subway is the lesser of fast food evils? Think again. A new US study has found that teens consumed nearly as many calories at the sandwich shop chain as they did when they ate ... Read More