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21/03/2011 - Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe warns of food shortages as China deals signed

Zimbabwe and China signed millions of euros worth of deals Monday, some in the agriculture sector, as the country’s agriculture minister ordered grain to be sent to provinces that face ...

Paris festival crowns world's best cookbook
20/03/2011 - Culture in France

Paris festival crowns world's best cookbook

The Paris Cookbook Fair has declared Me'a Kai by New Zealand chef Robert Oliver as the best cookbook of the year.

Succeeding in a man's world as a Michelin-starred chef
16/03/2011 - Voices

Succeeding in a man's world as a Michelin-starred chef

Hélène Darroze has succeeded in a man's world. While women still do much of the cooking at home in France, few become award-winning chefs. Hélène Darroze is one rare exception.

02/03/2011 - France

Chef wins Michelin star two months after restaurant closes

It was good news/bad news for French chef Max Bichot on Monday. He learned that he had been awarded a Michelin star… two months after his restaurant went out of business.

02/03/2011 - France

Fast food manager charged after food poisoning death

The manager of a fast-food restaurant Quick in Avignon, in the south of France, has been charged with involuntary homicide after a 14-year-old boy died soon after eating two hamburgers there.

28/02/2011 - India

India increases social spending

India on Monday announced a 17-per-cent increase in social spending in the annual budget. The spending plans include widespread subsidies for farmers and the poor.

Scandinavians sweep French chef championship
27/02/2011 - Culture in France

Scandinavians sweep French chef championship

Scandinavian chefs triumphed at this year's Bocuse d'Or, the world chef championship held every two years in Lyon, France.

23/02/2011 - India

Massive turnout on Delhi anti-inflation demo

At least 100,000 Indians joined a trade union protest against rising prices in Delhi on Wednesday.

22/02/2011 - France

Family to sue after boy dies from eating bad burgers

The parents of a French teenager who died after eating bad hamburgers are suing the restaurant chain which served him the contaminated food, their lawyer said on Tuesday.

16/02/2011 - France

Village gets surprise 800,000 euro legacy

A village of 300 inhabitants in the north of France has been left 800,000 euros by a benefactor who died in December. The legacy is nearly four times the village’s annual budget.

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