Category: Food
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World food prices falling
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World food prices fell again in May, the second consecutive monthly drop, paced by reduction in worldwide prices for rice and other cereals and grains as good weather and easing geopolitical tensions helped increase supply. The reduction in prices came across four of the five food commodity groups monitored by the Rome-based Food and Agriculture…
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Falafel comes to town
A deep-fried ball or a patty made from ground chickpeas, fava beans, or both, Falafel which is a traditional Middle Eastern food has become popular among vegetarians as an alternative to meat. The Harrow-based couple founders of Falafel City, Kajal and Mitan Sachdev who earlier worked with Price Waterhouse, tell Rahul Laud that this street-laden…
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Dishoom – an Iranian café in London
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Joyeeta Basu of Asian Lite, UK’s No 1 newspaper for the Brtish Asians, looks in to Dishoom – one of the most favourite restaurants in London Walking into Dishoom in Shoreditch feels a bit like stepping in to the 1970s of Mumbai. The restaurant is as if inherited from an eccentric Iranian uncle. Exposed…
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Illegal slimming pills seized
Thousands of slimming pills containing a banned drug that puts people at risk of a heart attack have been taken off the streets of Greater Manchester in a dawn raid, reported Manchester Evening News. According to the newspaper, medicines regulators discovered thousands of the illegal pills hidden in the wardrobe in a children’s bedroom when…
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WHO concern over child obesity
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed deep concern over the worldwide increase in childhood obesity. At the 67th World Health Assembly held in Geneva, the concern was highlighted by WHO’s Director-General Margaret Chan, Xinhua reported. The WHO annual assembly grouped more than 3,000 delegates from 194 member states at the UN headquarters here, to…
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THE DIET
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DAILY DOSE BY BIKRAM VOHRA There is no worse sensation than wearing an old trouser after a long time and discovering it does not fit, too snug, that little bit too tight and there goes your mood for the rest of the day. After which you make all those fervent promises to yourself that you…