Chinese Food

The Sound of Silence

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 10.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Culture, Religion, Living, Jews, Yom Kippur, Synagogue, Chinese Food, Shofar, Rabbi, Living News
Earl Pomerantz

The mood in the sanctuary began to sour. By the tenth "Pffffffffff," our congregation, so recently a bastion of uplift and redemption, deteriorated into a hostile, hungry mob.

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Tainted Chinese Milk Has Now Hospitalized Over 10,000 Children

AP | GILLIAN WONG | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: China, Foreign Affairs, Chinese Government, Chinese Food, Tainted Chinese Milk, Politics News

BEIJING — More than 10,000 children remain hospitalized in China's tainted milk scandal, Chinese health officials revealed, while the country de...

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Yellow Peril Or Power? China Reconsidered (Again)

Chi Tung | Posted 10.01.2008 | Media

Read More: China Milk Scandal, Journalistic Bias, Yao Ming, Old Media vs. New Media, Chinese Culture, Food Politics, Old Media Death Watch, Chinese Government, Chinese Food, Mao Zedong, China, New Media, Bill Nye the Science Guy, China Human Rights, Chinese Censorship, Old Media, Media News
Chi Tung

American media coverage of China tends to slant one of two ways: toward fat, happy and unquestioning globalization, or small-minded, unblinking provincialism.

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Tainted Chinese Milk Leaves 6,200 Babies Sick, 3 Dead

AP | TINI TRAN | Posted 09.17.2008 | Home

Read More: China, Milk, Tainted Milk, Tainted Chinese Milk, Chinese Food, Home News

BEIJING — The government was dispatching thousands of inspectors to monitor producers as officials reported Wednesday that the number of babies ...

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Chinese Baby Formula Tainted With Harmful Chemical, FDA Warns

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 09.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Chinese Exports, Chinese Food, Baby Formula, Chinese Baby Formula, Fda, Home News

WASHINGTON — Tainted infant formula from China may be on sale at ethnic groceries in this country, even though it is not approved for importatio...

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Life Cycle: Zen and the Art of Producing Chopsticks

Simran Sethi | Posted 09.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Aspen, Chinese Food, Green, Eco, Life Cycle, Green Living, Grass, Environmentally-Friendly, Willow, Environment, Sarah Smarsh, Take-Out, Bamboo, Chopsticks, Mooshu Pork, Deforestation, Simran Sethi, Green News
Simran Sethi

People have been impressing their dates with chopstick dexterity since the Shang Dynasty. But the throw-away version of chopsticks is a less romantic yet marvelous invention.

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Strange Foods -- China Takes Gold

Suzette Standring | Posted 08.25.2008 | Style

Read More: Humor, Beijing, Chinese Food, Gold, China, Cuisine, Olympics, Strange Foods, Restaurant, Snakes, Cooking, Exotic, Food, Eating, Bullfrog, Bronze Medal, Roker, Vieira, Style News
Suzette Standring

I like to think of myself as an adventurous eater, but I've got to hand it to China. They grab the gold on the food front.

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Dog Meat Banned in Beijing During Games

Danwei | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Beijing, Food, Chinese Food, China, Dog Meat, Dogs, Olympics, Home News

A Chinese blogger called Han Yue has posted a notice that purports to be from the Beijing City Government Food Safety Office (北京市政府食品安...

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MSG Wants Its Reputation Back

The New York Times | Julia Moskin | Posted 03.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Chinese Food, Msg Health, Msg, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, Jennifer 8 Lee, Living News

Even now, after "Chinese restaurant syndrome" has been thoroughly debunked (virtually all studies since then confirm that monosodium glutamate in norm...

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