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UN, Slow Food agree to boost local recipes

The UN food agency and the gastronomic and ecological movement Slow Food signed an agreement on Wednesday for joint work on promoting small farmers and local recipes around the world that they hope will put Africa on the gourmet map. "I call it the gastronomy of liberation," said Carlo Petrini, the founder of the Italy-based movement, holding up an African recipe booklet as a first example of collaboration between the two. Petrini said Africa had seen "gastronomic colonialism" in which local cooking was spurned in favour of British, French or Italian cuisines.

No, really - don't shop when you're hungry: study

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study offers evidence to support what many people have learned for themselves: never go grocery shopping when you're hungry. Researchers found that people who hadn't eaten all afternoon chose more high-calorie foods in a simulated supermarket than those who were given a snack just before online food shopping.

New York, Chicago chefs share top U.S. culinary award

By Richard Leong NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two Americans chefs representing different culinary styles shared the country's highest cooking honor on Monday. The James Beard Foundation named David Chang, who has helped popularize kimchi and other Korean food in the United States, and Paul Kahan, who has been praised for his creative American cuisine, as outstanding U.S. chefs this year.

Travel Picks: Top 10 Hollywood inspired cocktails globally

(Reuters) - With "The Great Gatsby" about to hit screens globally, cocktails are being touted as back in vogue. Online travel consultants Cheapflights.com (www.cheapflights.com) has compiled a list of cocktails made famous by Hollywood and where you can buy them. Reuters has not endorsed this list: 1. French 75 - "Casablanca" - Paris, France

UN, Slow Food agree to boost local recipes

The UN food agency and the gastronomic and ecological movement Slow Food signed an agreement on Wednesday for joint work on promoting small farmers and local recipes around the world that they hope will put Africa on the gourmet map. "I call it the gastronomy of liberation," said Carlo Petrini, the founder of the Italy-based movement, holding up an African recipe booklet as a first example of collaboration between the two. Petrini said Africa had seen "gastronomic colonialism" in which local cooking was spurned in favour of British, French or Italian cuisines.

Carrots and turnips make music in Madrid veg market

With a pumpkin for a drum, carrots for flutes and turnips for trumpets, musicians from Vienna transformed the fresh goods in a Madrid market into honking, whistling instruments on Monday. Visiting members of the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra marked the centenary of the San Miguel market in the centre of the Spanish capital by taking saws and drills to its vegetables, coring and boring holes in them to make wind instruments. "The vegetables have to be fresh, and we basically work with all kinds of vegetables," said Ulrich Troyer, one of the group's 10 or so members.

Carrots and turnips make music in Madrid veg market

With a pumpkin for a drum, carrots for flutes and turnips for trumpets, musicians from Vienna transformed the fresh goods in a Madrid market into honking, whistling instruments on Monday. Visiting members of the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra marked the centenary of the San Miguel market in the centre of the Spanish capital by taking saws and drills to its vegetables, coring and boring holes in them to make wind instruments. "The vegetables have to be fresh, and we basically work with all kinds of vegetables," said Ulrich Troyer, one of the group's 10 or so members.

Carrots and turnips make music in Madrid veg market

With a pumpkin for a drum, carrots for flutes and turnips for trumpets, musicians from Vienna transformed the fresh goods in a Madrid market into honking, whistling instruments on Monday. Visiting members of the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra marked the centenary of the San Miguel market in the centre of the Spanish capital by taking saws and drills to its vegetables, coring and boring holes in them to make wind instruments. "The vegetables have to be fresh, and we basically work with all kinds of vegetables," said Ulrich Troyer, one of the group's 10 or so members.

Carrots and turnips make music in Madrid veg market

With a pumpkin for a drum, carrots for flutes and turnips for trumpets, musicians from Vienna transformed the fresh goods in a Madrid market into honking, whistling instruments on Monday. Visiting members of the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra marked the centenary of the San Miguel market in the centre of the Spanish capital by taking saws and drills to its vegetables, coring and boring holes in them to make wind instruments. "The vegetables have to be fresh, and we basically work with all kinds of vegetables," said Ulrich Troyer, one of the group's 10 or so members.

Salt in foods is still high: US study

The amount of salt in foods that are processed or sold at fast food restaurants is still high despite calls by medical experts for people to cut sodium for better health, a US study said Monday. Americans on average eat more than twice the recommended daily allowance of salt, and as much as 80 percent of sodium consumption comes from salt that is added by restaurants or in the making of convenience foods, experts say.
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