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Ice-cream: born in China

In front | FOCUS
Thanks, China (Photo: Arty Flipping Smokes # 156)

A fascinating look at how ice-cream has travelled from the Far East to Europe, and from the highest peaks to our deep freezers

by Mara Montes Vicente // 29/08/08

PANORAMA
Presenting Michelin 2008's restaurants in Japan (Photo: prouveze/ Flickr)

Michelin stars: Europe’s gourmet ratings

Each year the Michelin guide selects the best European restaurants. In 2008, France holds onto its lead. An altogether too-French attitude?

by Aurlien BORDET // 25/07/08

(Photo: Regulation Council of Sherry Wines)

Sherry, an English love story

by Fernando Navarro Sordo // 16/05/08

FEATURE
Ibrahim Sarr

Hungry Senegalese fishermen

Amidst a global food crisis and scarcer fish, the fishermen 'victims' of EU commercial agreements set off in their pirogues for the shores of Europe

by josé Lavazzi // 18/04/08

NEWS

April fools on Belgian TV

Flemish only on the telephone, the US and the EU fight it out over growth hormones and unhappy times for EU lobbyists - your latest news from Brussels

by Graziella Jost // 09/04/08

FEATURE

Do the French top German cuisine?

Major names in the cookery world have backed France’s application to UNESCO to have its cuisine listed as a world heritage item. In multicultural Germany, the idea is stirring up mixed reactions

by Léa Chalmont // 02/04/08

INTERVIEW
(Photo: Luana Spagnoli/ Flickr)

A dioxin with my Italian mozzarella, please

On 28 March the EU withdrew a ban on the Italian cheese after regulations found they contained more dioxins than usual. French sales were halted temporarily – we speak to an Italian cheese-seller in Paris

by Adriano Farano // 31/03/08

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Zuppa inglese: trifling English

by Marco Riciputi // 26/02/08

Czech your beer craze

Before you make your own brew at home, find out who were the first ancient consumers

by Irene Barufatto // 14/01/08

FEATURE
Sidy Ba, spokesperson for groundnut farmer group in Kaolack region (Photo: José Lavezzi/ ActionAid)

In Senegal, farmers versus Europe

Small-time Senegalese producers are speaking out against the Economic Partership Agreements (EPAs) negotiated on 8 and 9 December at Lisbon. For them, the battle against famine means being opposed to market liberalisation

by Alexandre Polack // 06/12/07

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