The exchange of fire in Sabah Friday between Malaysian security forces and members of the “royal army” of the sultanate of Sulu was triggered by an attempt of the beleaguered Filipinos to buy food, a senior diplomat said.
SAN FRANCISCO—Guess what was finally at the table and much appreciated the recently held 38th annual Winter Fancy Food Show at the Moscone Center in this city? The lowly pili nut! And why not? This hard to crack nut with the creamy, nutty taste has been sidelined for years since there was just no way [...]
The Southern Leyte provincial government on Saturday served at least 10,500 pieces of prawns (350 kilograms) in a bid to establish a Guinness World Record for the longest prawn stew.
LONDON—Up to half of all the food produced in the world—two billion tons of it—is thrown away, according to a report published on Thursday. The waste is caused by poor infrastructure and storage facilities in the developing world, and “buy-one-get-one-free” offers, and the fussiness of consumers in the developed world, the report by the [...]
Justin Hulog, a food blogger and an MFA student at the San Francisco State University, and Thomas Weibull, the executive chef at the Clift Hotel in San Francisco, emerged winners from the 3rd Kulinarya Finals, a live cooking showdown hosted by the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco and its attached agencies on an annual basis.
Global rice production for 2012 is forecast to outpace consumption this year and next because of a better-than-expected 2012 crop season, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Monday.
Declaring it was safe for human consumption, the South Korean government is urging the Philippine government to immediately lift the ban on the importation of South Korean instant noodle preparations carrying the brand name Nongshim.
If you are a Filipino worker from Thailand on a visa-run, chances are, you will go to the Royal Thai Embassy in Laos and stay at Bahay Pinoy Guest House and Restaurant in Rue Bourichane, about 15 meters from the embassy.
Philippine authorities have ordered the recall of six brands of South Korean noodles from local shops after they were reported to contain a cancer-causing chemical.
Small fisherfolk organizations from 15 countries deplore the massive marginalization of small-scale fishing and are calling for the overhaul of international and national policies on fishing.
Some lawmakers believe the government’s decision to lower its rice-import quota this year may have spurred the smuggling of this staple into the domestic market.
Five businessmen and two licensed customs brokers were charged Thursday in the Department of Justice with smuggling P18-million worth of onions and Peking ducks.
