China woman held for nursery poisoning that killed 2: media
A Chinese woman has been detained for killing two children at a preschool nursery and making 30 others ill with poisoned food, state media said.
Pig virus threatens US outdoor grilling season
A dark cloud is menacing the cherished US summer season of outdoor grilling: a deadly pig virus that has been sweeping through farms and driving up pork prices.
Stop importing food, support local producers: Kazakh Senator
Kazakhstani lawmaker Kozhakhmet Baimakhanov believes Kazakhstan can meet the demand for rice and flour without importing the goods.
Panic in the kitchen: UK digests new fruit and veg advice
It was with a heavy heart, and some panic, that Britons digested new advice this week that their struggle to eat enough fruit and vegetables had just got harder.
French minister apologises for calling state dinner 'revolting'
An embarrassed French minister has apologised to the head chef at the Elysee Palace after she was caught on camera describing the food at a China-France state dinner as "revolting".
No Baursaks, no Nauryz: Kostanay
Kostanay city fried over one ton of Nauryz baursaks and treated the city folks with the yummy snacks.
Happy Nauryz: 5 day celebration marathon in Almaty
Kazakhstanis will be celebrating spring equinox holiday Nauryz for 5 days.
China hit by new flood of dead pigs in river
Chinese authorities have found 157 dead pigs in a river, state media said Wednesday, a year after 16,000 carcasses were discovered in Shanghai's main waterway, underscoring the country's food safety problems.
US yogurt bar founder jailed for attacking beggar
A co-founder of the Pinkberry US frozen yogurt chain was jailed for seven years Friday for using a tire iron to attack a homeless man begging for money.
Peru's Gaston Acurio: from master chef to world food ambassador
He's not even 50, but he's already transformed Peruvian cuisine and his restaurants are ranked among the best in the world.
French trufflers rise up in defence of their black diamonds
French truffle growers are up in arms over cheaper imports from China which they say are being doctored by unscrupulous chefs and passed off fraudulently as the hugely prized local variety.
Michelle Obama to call for nutrition label changes
First Lady Michelle Obama plans to announce a series of proposed changes to food labels Thursday, aiming to make healthy choices easier for consumers in a country where obesity is rampant.
$4 billion worth of food imported in Kazakhstan in 2013
Kazakhstan imported $4 billion worth of food products last year.
Exclusive Japan bar sues website for unwanted publicity
An exclusive Japanese bar is suing a foodie website, arguing that unwanted publicity from a review is damaging its operational strategy of being little-known and hard to find.
Possible inflation risks: National Bank
In view of the devaluation of the national currency - the tenge, the central bank of Kazakhstan believes that escalation of inflation is quite possible.
Mayor of Almaty orders to keep prices down
The Akim (Mayor) of Almaty Akhmetzhan Yesimov has instructed the city authorities to keep prices down amid the devaluation of tenge.
Communist Vietnam gets first taste of the Big Mac
Four decades after the Vietnam war ended, US fast-food giant McDonald's opened its first restaurant in the communist country Saturday, aiming to lure a rising middle class away from rice and noodles.
Yoghurt consumption linked to lower diabetes risk
Eating yoghurt and low-fat cheese can cut the risk of developing diabetes by around a quarter compared with consuming none.