Snails are a delicacy in French cuisine, known as escargots. Some similar snail species are eaten in China but few consider them to be haute cuisine.
Food-loving Italy responded with indignation on Tuesday to a minister's comments that lunchbreaks -- still a sit-down ritual for many Italian workers -- are bad for waistlines and the economy, and should be skipped.
Some people think the most important part of a traditional Thanksgiving meal is the turkey, but others argue it is dessert and the best wine to go with it.
While the United States president's maiden China visit is now history, restaurants across Beijing still have Barack Obama fever. Chefs have rustled up a feast fit for the president to mark the event.
American-Chinese Alice Cheong plans to organize a party on Thanksgiving Day next week, just like last year.
Ingredients: 1 fat chicken, around 1.5kg 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns 1 large bunch scallions (spring onions) 1 large knob (about 5cm) ginger 1 tbsp sea salt 250ml good huadiao wine (nu'er hong)
Ingredients: 1 fat chicken, around 1.5kg 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns 2-3 star anise 2 tbsp sea salt 1 tbsp ground dried ginger (sha jiang) 1 kg rock salt
Just as the fatted cow was slaughtered for the proverbial prodigal son, the chicken is often chased down, killed and cooked for an honored guest or a special occasion in China. And this happens everywhere - be it town or country.
As Pakistanis face an acute shortage of sugar, some families have found an easily available alternative to sweeten their tea: instead of a spoonful of sugar, they dissolve sweets in their tea.
You never consume trans fats, have reduced caffeine, and rarely eat cheese. What's next to banish from the menu? Salt, if consumer trend tracker Mintel is right.
France has the Eiffel Tower and Burgundy and Beaujolais, while England has Big Ben and its beers and ales, and just as the waltz is wedded to Vienna, Gruner Veltliner is synonymous with Austria.
Some of the coffee world's most discerning palettes came together in the heart of Brazil's coffee belt on Friday to judge which brews in the world's top grower are best for an expanding specialty market.
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