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  • Chef Manon Fleury champions producers at her Michelin-star restaurant Datil in Paris, where she serves a rice porridge dish based on Chinese congee
  • She explains how, despite Datil abutting a Chinatown, it was working in the US that inspired the dish, and also talks about hiring mainly female kitchen staff

In New York and missing Hong Kong? Look no further than Land to Sea, a home-style coffee shop inspired by Hong Kong culture – think neon, Chinese newspapers and porcelain tea cups.

Famous for his celebrity-packed chain of Chinese restaurants, 85-year-old Michael Chow talks about facing prejudice, and why he wants to be known as the world’s greatest living artist.

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Fans of single malt Scotch whisky can savour cocktails at The Macallan Whisky Bar & Lounge at Galaxy Macau created to mark the Macallan distillery’s 200th year. Old bottles of whisky are on show too.

Indian Gen Z and millennials are driving a new trend for gourmet and artisanal ice creams, with brands offering flavours inspired by everything from local cakes and desserts to chilli and street food.

A favourite of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, Balinese roast pork, known as babi guling, was once served only at religious celebrations and weddings, but is now sold in restaurants across Bali.

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Celebrity chefs have built multimillion-dollar empires by being business savvy about their cooking – but did you know that Elon Musk’s brother Kimbal is among them?

After soft opening last November, the new luxury hotel set the Lion City alight this weekend with a party at nightlife venue Wonder Room attended by the likes of Donnie Yen and Cissy Wang

Britain’s food watchdog applied extra control measures on all spice imports from India, after contamination allegations against two brands sparked concerns among global food regulators.

The company is selling the rehydrated protein as a solo item, tapping into new trends to woo customers in a market that now offers a wide range of choices.

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Sonny’s Pizza in SoHo is one of the rare Hong Kong pizzerias selling by the slice. Its founders talk up the special dough their New York-style pizzas use, and working with hot dog and ice cream vendors.

Teodora Lazarova, a former model and founder of skincare line La Thea, shares her favourite places to eat in Hong Kong, from a noisy hotpot place to a French restaurant with ‘extraordinary’ dishes.

A drinks firm in China is facing a backlash over a new alcoholic product it has made which they have dedicated to the late sporting legend Kobe Bryant, apparently without the permission of his family or estate.

Corey Lee, the chef of three-Michelin-star Benu in San Francisco, is working up the menu for Na Oh, a new restaurant in Korean carmaker Hyundai’s Innovation Centre Singapore with its own smart farm.

New versions of old recipes for pineapple buns and Asian crullers, his own recipe for durian cake – Christopher Tan explains what got him started on cookbook NerdBaker 2: Tales from the Yeast Indies.

With a net worth of around US$220 million, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has come a long way, but what do we know about the woman who’s been by his side throughout his rise to stardom?

Fine dining meets traditional Chinese medicine at The Mira Hong Kong’s Cuisine Cuisine restaurant, where chef Edwin Tang creates health-replenishing dishes that incorporate TCM ingredients.

In a pointed post promoting fruit tea, Xiang Piao Piao exploited anger over Tokyo’s decision to release treated waste water from Fukushima nuclear power plant.

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David Yip, who came up with the idea for Ming Pavilion, a restaurant serving Hokkien food in Hong Kong’s Island Shangri-La hotel, reveals why he wanted to spotlight a “neglected” regional Chinese cuisine.

When a rumour swept Hong Kong that bakery chain Maria’s was going out of business, holders of vouchers for its cakes began panic buying. Some 400 bakers worked to meet demand until the ‘cake run’ ended.

The company is investigating how rodent parts got into packets of sliced ‘chojuku’ bread, but says it is unaware of anyone failing sick after eating it.

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CJ Jalandoni, the head chef of Brut in Sai Ying Pun, shares his favourite Hong Kong restaurants, from a pizza joint that makes its dough ‘perfectly’, to a particular Thai place with ‘fantastic’ dishes.

Whether it is a decadent afternoon tea or a vegan cheesemaking workshop, mums are well catered for this Mother’s Day in Hong Kong – here are 13 places you might want to consider booking.

Extreme rain from climate change saw hundreds of thousands of tons of potatoes fail to make it to market in Europe in 2023, driving up prices and leaving farmers in deep water.

With climate change making it harder to grow Korean ginseng, experts have created new, more resilient varieties, while brands focus on marketing to regain ground in the health-supplements market.

Most salt is industrially processed but in Bali, it is won from the sea by farmers who harvest it by hand. The tradition has been handed down for generations, but it is now a dying art.