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PH FOOD

Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2013
Sites push recipes made from leftovers
Recipes using leftovers have been growing more popular as they help homemakers reduce waste and save time in the kitchen.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2013
TPP sides set to keep food safety regimes
The 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations are unlikely to ease their individual food safety standards as the subject is not being discussed in the free-trade talks, negotiation sources said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 27, 2013
Reducing food loss
More than 30 Japanese food companies, wholesalers and convenient store chains are testing a way to reduce 'food loss' caused by strict obeisance to expiration dates.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 26, 2013
Kaizen and the art of human wa maintenance
Kaizen here is organic, ubiquitous and attuned to the physical and psychological needs of human beings. At its best, this 'human-scale kaizen' eliminates or eases many of the mundane uncertainties, annoyances and embarrassments of daily life.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2013
Recipe site whips up English version
Authentic recipes of homemade meals that are rarely tasted at Japanese restaurants are a subject of interest to many outsiders.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 14, 2013
Cooked meat overloads senses of taste and smell
According to those who tried it last week, lab-grown beef doesn't really taste like meat. So what exactly gives meat its flavor and makes us beg for more?
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Aug 9, 2013
Japan by the numbers (8.9.13)
First check out these fresh stats, then let's think how to get the nutritional breakfast-focused mom percentage up to the LINE user percentage.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 7, 2013
Obesity drops among low-income U.S. preschoolers after decades-long rise
After decades of rising, obesity rates among low-income U.S. preschoolers declined broadly from 2008 to 2011, according to a federal report released Tuesday that offered the first glimpse of good news for children considered among the most vulnerable to the disease's health risks.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2013
Discovery adds to woes of baby formula firms in China
Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd.'s warnings of tainted ingredients in some products of the world's largest dairy exporter is the latest blow to baby formula sellers amid Chinese consumers' concerns about food safety.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 4, 2013
Tourism agency wants to make food, cosmetics duty-free
The Japan Tourism Agency will propose adding food and cosmetics to the list of duty-free items available to foreign visitors in its fiscal 2014 reform plan.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 4, 2013
Bacteria-killing chemicals may be masking salmonella
The Agriculture Department is reviewing research that shows new bacteria-killing chemicals used in chicken slaughterhouses may be masking the presence of salmonella and other pathogens that remain on the meat that consumers buy, according to records and interviews.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2013
Dumpling poisoner faces stiff sentence
A Chinese man admits putting poison in frozen 'gyoza' dumplings that sickened 10 people in Japan 5½ years ago.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 30, 2013
Next stop: French toast?
Is the pancake boom giving way to a new brunchy trend?
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2013
China set to try suspect in case of tainted dumplings exported to Japan
Chinese judicial authorities will begin the trial Tuesday of a man accused of lacing "gyoza" dumplings with a toxic chemical that led to high-profile food poisoning cases in Japan about five years ago, the Japanese Embassy in Beijing said Friday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 24, 2013
The last of the McDonald's Jewelry
The final McD jewel — Ruby Spark — packed a spicy meat punch.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 17, 2013
Body fat sheds calories when chilled
Transforming fat cells into calorie-burning machines may sound like a fantasy — the ultimate form of weight control — but the idea is not as far-fetched as it sounds.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 17, 2013
Limited-edition burgers, ep. deux
Round two of McDonald's 'Jewelry' series leads us to the Black Diamond, a burger more enticing than its name suggests.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2013
New foods spring from school labs
With popular interest in health and food safety growing stronger in Japan, food products incorporating the finds of university researchers are drawing strong attention.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 12, 2013
Global threat to food supply as water wells dry up
Wells are drying up and underwater tables falling so fast in the Middle East and parts of India, China and the United States that food supplies are seriously threatened, one of the world's leading resource analysts warned on July 7.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2013
Dramatic rise of factory-made meals in France causes outrage
It is the warmest memory of many a vacation in France: the little Paris restaurant where a white-aproned waiter served a dish glorified on the menu as something homey like blanquette de veau grand-mere, topped off with a still-tepid creme brulee that was just the right mix of crackly and creamy.

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Things may look perfect to the outside world, but today's mom is fine with some imperfection at home.
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