<strong>Christmas feasts: </strong>Food traditions are as varied as the people enjoying them. In France, a capon -- a male chicken that's renowned for its tenderness -- is a traditional holiday dish.
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Christmas is celebrated in many ways in many corners of the globe, and the cuisine that marks the holiday is as diverse as the people feasting on it.
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She ate her way across Saudi Arabia. Now her restaurant ‘preserves the recipes from our ancestors’
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This undated handout photo shows Tommy Banks' pies. (Tommy Banks via AP)
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Customers inside a Starbucks Coffee Korea Co. store, with views of North Korea's Gaepung County, at the Aegibong Peace Ecopark in Gimpo, South Korea, on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. The 30-seater cafe opened Friday, offering its customers in the south a peek into the worlds most reclusive country while sipping a favorite brew.
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<strong>Honey-fragrance tea: </strong>Taiwan's mixiang tea, or honey-fragrance tea, has a natural sweet flavor and its unique flavor is finally starting to gain international attention.
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BRISTOL, ENGLAND - JANUARY 05: Drinkers enjoy pints of beer which is currently being sold in outlets of the pub chain JD Wetherspoon for 99p a pint on January 5, 2009 in Bristol, England. The company, which operates 713 pubs across the UK, claims it is offering cash-strapped drinkers some cheer, offering "indefinite" reductions on some beer, bottled lager, wine and spirits, plus 2.99 GBP meals. However health charities claim the move may spark a price war and lead to more irresponsible and binge drinking. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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A baker prepares bread in Srinagar, Kashmir, India on March 23, 2023.
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Gazpacho is a great way to enjoy a cold treat on a hot day.
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Employees grease hams with lard before hanging them to dry in storage as part of the Parma ham curing process at Pio Tosini Industria Prosciutti SpA in Langhirano, Italy, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. Russia recently announced a one-year ban on a range of food products from the EU and the U.S., in retaliation for sanctions against the country over Ukraine. Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Portuguese Queijo de Ovelha Amanteigado from Quinto do Pomar is crowned World Champion Cheese 2024 An aged, raw sheep’s milk cheese takes top spot at world’s biggest cheese competition
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FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2020, file photo, the original Trader Joe's grocery store in Pasadena, Calif., is viewed. Responding to calls for Trader Joe's to stop labeling its international food products with ethnic-sounding names, the grocery store chain said it has been in a yearslong process of repackaging those products and will soon complete the work. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
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Hunter Michael Reiss makes a salami in his meat processing room at his wild butcher farm shop "Wildererhuette", where he processes racoon meat into sausages and meatballs, in Kade, state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany April 11, 2024.
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We have some difficult news to share. Neal's Yard Dairy has been the victim of a theft resulting in the loss of over 22 tonnes of clothbound Cheddar.<br /><br /><br />The theft involved a fraudulent buyer posing as a legitimate wholesale distributor for a major French retailer. Over 950 wheels of Hafod, Westcombe, and Pitchfork Cheddar were delivered before the fraud was discovered. Despite the significant financial blow, we have honoured our commitment to our small-scale suppliers and paid all three artisan cheesemakers in full.<br /><br /><br />We are currently working with law enforcement authorities to identify the perpetrators of this fraud. In the meantime, we would like to put out a call to everyone within our esteemed community of cheesemongers around the world. If anyone is offered or receives cheeses they believe may have been associated with this theft, particularly clothbound Cheddars in a 10kg or 24kg format with the tags detached, please contact info@nealsyarddairy.co.uk so we can support the police in their investigation.
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A Japanese attendant pours sake into a cup for visitors at the Koami Shinto shrine during the doburoku (sake) festival in Tokyo on November 28, 2016. Every year on November 28, Shinto shrines hold the festival to give out free sake, which is made from freshly harvested rice of the year, as part of a Shinto tradition to thank gods for the autumn harvest. / AFP / Behrouz MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP via Getty Images)
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<strong>The complete story of bubble tea: </strong>Invented in the 1980s, bubble tea (also called black pearl tea or boba tea) is a beloved Taiwan icon.
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stevens Tomas/ABACA/Shutterstock (14752348k) A winegrower cutting grapes at Clos Montmartre vineyards on October 2, 2024, for the 91st edition of the Montmartre Grape Harvest Festival. The Montmartre vineyard is the oldest in Paris, with 2,000 vines. Some years, Montmartre's vines can produce 1,300 kilos of grapes. These grape harvests give rise to a great popular festival. Clos Montmartre Grape Harvest - Paris, France - 02 Oct 2024
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An investigation led by the French Gendarmerie, with the support of various law enforcement agencies, dismantled a criminal network counterfeiting wine.
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Police in France and Italy bust gang that sold bottles of fake vintage wine for $16,000 apiece
A full English breakfast on a plate in a 'greasy spoon' cafe on 3rd February 2024 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Also known as a caf, these places provide breakfast and cheap food all day. This meal and these cafes are somewhat of a British institution. Breakfast normally contains the following: Egg, bacon, sausage, mushrooms, black pudding, tomatoes and baked beans, and always comes with toast. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)
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