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Powdered alcohol poised to hit US stores
Just add water and stir. A US company says its new powdered alcohol product has been approved by US regulators and is poised to hit stores in the coming months.
22 April 2014
Marks & Spencer reports rising Q4 sales
British high street retailer Marks & Spencer posted rising fourth-quarter sales on Thursday, boosted by strong performances for clothing and food, and also at its international division.
11 April 2014
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.
10 April 2014
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.
06 April 2014
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.
05 April 2014
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.
04 April 2014
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".
29 March 2014
No Baursaks, no Nauryz: Kostanay
Kostanay city fried over one ton of Nauryz baursaks and treated the city folks with the yummy snacks.
24 March 2014
Astana: Nauryz costs $1.8 million
$1.8 million was spent on the Nauryz celebration in Astana.
24 March 2014
Happy Nauryz: 5 day celebration marathon in Almaty
Kazakhstanis will be celebrating spring equinox holiday Nauryz for 5 days.
21 March 2014
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.
19 March 2014
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.
16 March 2014
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.
14 March 2014
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.
04 March 2014
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.
27 February 2014
Raise your glass to Oenococcus oeni, a real wine bug
Chateau Paradise or Chateau Rotgut?
26 February 2014
$4 billion worth of food imported in Kazakhstan in 2013
Kazakhstan imported $4 billion worth of food products last year.
25 February 2014
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.
20 February 2014
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.
15 February 2014