News on Ethnic and Regional Cuisines

Japan UN Saving Species

2010-03-11T07:17:20Z

A chef slices a fillet of high-grade fatty Atlantic bluefin tuna, or "o-toro." to make sushi at a Sushi-Zanmai sushi restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. A U.N. body best known for protecting tigers and elephants will focus on the world's overfished oceans beginning this week with proposals to regulate the shark trade and ban the export of...

Why You Should Try Mexican Rice

2010-03-12T10:47:04Z

Mexican rice is a dish that is served at every Mexican restaurant all over the world. This rice is flavored with tomatoes and spices and has become an expected dish with Mexican food. This has not always been true, however. Rice is not a native plant in Mexico. Rice was introduced to Mexico through the Philippines. When the Spanish discovered how well rice grew around European Union despite a campaign by Yorkshire food producers, an EU official said Thursday.</p><p>Citing a 18th century recipe, the Regional Food Group for Yorkshire and Humber says the wheat-flour, milk and egg dish -- a staple of Sunday roasts throughout Brit...

Sushi chef, restaurant charged with serving endangered whale

2010-03-11T11:15:44Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California sushi chef and the restaurant in which he worked have been charged with illegally serving meat from an endangered Sei whale, the Justice Department said on Thursday.</p><p>Kiyoshiro Mexico may be familiar to you already, but there are a few with which you may be less familiar. You have probably fried, boiled, and grilled lots of meals, but have you ever tried a steaming bucket? Do you know what a molcajete is?<br><br>Steaming is often used in Mexican cooking. A dish known as barbacoa is steamed. The meat is wrapped in a banana or cactus leaf before being suspended over a boiling pot in a...

Why You Should Try Mexican Herbs and Spices

2010-03-10T21:58:15Z

It is the herbs and spices used in Mexican cooking that truly make the meal. If these ingredients were not added, a Mexican dish would not differ greatly from many others. The herbs and spices used in Mexico help make the cuisine special. It is good to learn all you can about them.<br><br>Chile powder is used in almost every Mexican dish. This common spice is usually a mixture of many different chilies. Chipotle is one kind of seasoning ...

Europe will argue for bluefin tuna trade ban

2010-03-10T11:16:45Z

<div><p>The king of Japanese sushi and sashimi may disappear from menus after Europe joined the United States on Wednesday in arguing for a ban on trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna.</p><p>The 27 European Union nations agreed, despite opposition from Mediterranean island Malta

S.Korea launches world kimchi research centre

2010-03-10T09:16:40Z

<div><p>South Korea Wednesday opened a kimchi research centre to raise global demand for its iconic dish and for the country's cuisine in general.</p><p>The agriculture ministry said the world kimchi laboratory, sited at the Korea Food Research Institute in Bundang south of Seoul, would un...

Sacre bleu! Britons challenging French in the kitchen

2010-03-08T22:15:33Z

<div><p>The French have long been considered masters of cuisine but Britons spend longer in the kitchen and prepare a wider variety of international food, according to a survey out Tuesday.</p><p>The French eat out more and stick to family recipes while at home, found the cross-Channel study by BBC Olive magazine and French title Madame Figaro.</p><p>It found that 7...

US seeks Atlantic bluefin tuna ban in challenge to Japan

2010-03-03T15:17:13Z

<div><p>The United States called Wednesday for a ban on the international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna to save the species from extinction, challenging Japan ahead of a major global meeting.</p><p>With demand for sushi and sashimi driving the world's tuna stocks to dangerously low levels, the United States said it would ask a meeting in Harrison Ford arriving at italian restaurant 'Sale e Tabacchi' in Kreuzberg. The actor is in town to promote his new movie "Extraordinary Measures" ("Ausnahmesituation") Berlin, Germany - 01.03.20

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Japan opposes trade ban on bluefin tuna

2010-02-22T05:16:37Z

<div><p>Japan opposes plans to list the Atlantic bluefin tuna, which is highly prized in sushi and sashimi, as a most-endangered species and to ban its international trade, an official said on Monday.</p><p>The UN-backed wildlife trade agency supports a call to stop cross-border trade in the fish when 175 member nations to the Convention on International Trade in Endanger...

Halal meals come to homebound Muslims in Mich.

2010-02-19T17:30:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Halal house call: Mich. agencies launch Meals on Wheels program adhering to Muslim diet laws</div><div><p>Mariam Wehbe learned about a program offering home-delivered meals made according to Islamic law at a good time — poor health made cooking impossible and a grandson who helps her had to cut back ...

French politicians find halal hamburgers hard to swallow

2010-02-22T08:39:39Z

<div><p>A move by a French fast-food chain to offer halal menus at a handful of restaurants has some politicians fuming, in the latest row over France's increasingly visible Muslim minority.</p><p>The Quick chain has taken pork off its menu in eateries in Roubaix, northern France, as well as in Marseille and in the Justin Timberlake was awarded the Hasty Pudding 'Man of the Year' by the Harvard University theatrical group for his contributions to the arts. Cambridge, Massachusetts - 05.02.10

justin timberlake hasty pudding 2

2010-02-06T17:31:14Z

Justin Timberlake performs in a skit with Hasty Pudding Theatrical group. Timberlake was awarded the Hasty Pudding 'Man of the Year' by the Harvard University theatrical group for his contributions to the arts. Cambridge, Massachusetts - 05.02.10

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Harvard University Hasty Pudding Club's 2010 Man of the Year

2010-02-05T20:30:35Z

CAMBRIDGE, MA - FEBRUARY 5: In this handout provided by Harvard University News Office, Harvard student Steve Rola hosts (L) hosts as Justin Timberlake holds his Hasty Pudding Pot Man of the Year award at

Mexico asks UNESCO to protect country's cuisine

2010-02-22T11:08:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Mexico asks UNESCO to add country's rich cuisine to world heritage list</div><div><p>Mexico already has many of its monuments on UNESCO's list of protected sites. Now the government is asking for international recognition for the country's cuisine.</p><p>

Travel Vancouver Ethnic

2010-02-01T07:49:24Z

This photo released by Tourism Richmond shows a chef preparing Asian cuisine. (AP Photo/Tourism Richmond)

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