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  • July 2008
    • Olympians Fearful of Chinese Food Chemicals

      Olympians Fearful of Chinese Food Chemicals

      In addition to concerns about air quality in Beijing this August, many Olympic athletes are worried about contaminants and chemicals in the food, ABC News reports. With many of China's agricultural products boosted by growth stimulants, or steroids, or amped by antibiotics, athletes are particularly concerned that they might unwittingly ingest a banned substance. More »

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      China   2008 Beijing Olympics   steroids   athlete   antibiotics   Chinese food   growth hormones

  • June 2008
    • Chinese Menus Retranslated for Olympics

      Chinese Menus Retranslated for Olympics

      The Chinese government is issuing a list of revised names for some of the country's more obliquely translated dishes in preparation for the wave of tourists the Beijing Olympics will draw this August, the New York Times reports. A disconcerting plate of “husband-and-wife lung slices” will be rechristened as a slightly more appetizing "pork lungs in chili sauce" The bizarre "ants climbing up a tree" will now be a more straightforward “sautéed vermicelli with spicy minced pork” More »

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      China   2008 Beijing Olympics   food   Chinese food

    • Author Cracks Open Calif. Fortune Cookie Battle

      Author Cracks Open Calif. Fortune Cookie Battle

      The fortune cookie caps any good Chinese meal in America, and Los Angeles and San Francisco both claim credit for it, Steve Harvey writes in the Los Angeles Times . Angelenos say an LA restaurateur invented the famed wafer in 1918, while their neighbors to the north insist an official gave them to supporters in 1907. Now, author Jennifer 8. Lee says bragging rights belong to the East. More »

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      Los Angeles   San Francisco   Chinese food   Japanese food

  • April 2008
    • Genitals On the Menu at Beijing's Penis Bistro

      Genitals On the Menu at Beijing's Penis Bistro

      If your idea of good eating doesn't stretch to yak's penis or duck testicles, then Beijing's Guolizhuang restaurant definitely isn't the place for you. The exclusive restaurant's menu is made up almost entirely of penis and testicle dishes, Der Speigel reports. Well-heeled businessmen flock in for dishes such as "Jasmine Flowers with 1,000 Layers"—otherwise known as sliced donkey penis. More »

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      China   Beijing   restaurant   Chinese food   restaurateurs   penis

  • December 2007
    • Video Spoofs Jews on Christmas

      Video Spoofs Jews on Christmas

      A band teacher at a Baltimore yeshiva is the latest YouTube celebrity thanks to his holiday spoof on the Jewish dilemma of what to do on Christmas. His video, "Chinese Food on Christmas," in which a rock band of faux Hasidic Jews jams for fellow members of the tribe at a Chinese restaurant, has drawn over 500,000 hits, the Baltimore Sun reports, and a few online Scrooges have noted their displeasure. More »

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      Christmas   Judaism   Chinese food   Christmas music

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