Wasabi and Okinawan sweet potato may not be everyone’s preferred type of Kit Kat but booming demand for exotic flavours in Japan has prompted bar-maker Nestle to open a new factory. The Switzerland-based food giant announced Wednesday that it will on August 1 open its first new Japanese Kit Kat production site in 26 years, … Read more
Although reheating a Chinese takeout when you’ve got a hangover is one of life’s great pleasures, leftover rice can actually be scarily bad for you, the UK’s National Health Service says. Because if you didn’t already know, you can get a pretty grim case of food poisoning from eating reheated rice; it’s not the reheating … Read more
They may look good enough to eat, but Japan’s mouthwatering food replicas are only for show as restaurateurs compete for the attention of hungry customers. They’re common sights in this food-obsessed nation, with everything from sudsy beers and perfectly glazed sushi to hamburgers and deep-fried pork cutlets, known as tonkatsu, on display. Making fake food … Read more
It is public knowledge, whether true or false, that a certain Ashanti queen’s brother’s death is put squarely on the head of this notorious queen. She is blamed for secretly feeding her brother who was a paramount chief, but now deceased, with a type of meat he was strictly forbidden by tradition and custom to … Read more