Worried over the increase in rice prices, the Centre has asked traders/wholesalers, retailers, big chain retailers and processors/millers to declare their stock position of rice and paddy every Friday. Union Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra said the decision is to manage the overall food inflation and to prevent unscrupulous speculation. Traders and millers will have to … Read more
It has often been hotly debated whether rice should be boiled or steamed, but it turns out there is an even better way to cook it. Most people may feel confident that the best way to cook rice is in a pot on the stove, but it is actually easier and more delicious to bake … Read more
Humble, pungent-tasting foo yu – fermented blocks of bean curd – are a staple of cuisines across China and the diaspora. A favourite from when I first encountered them in the home of Chinese friends in Malaysia, long before coming to live in Hong Kong, this inexpensive item has been a kitchen store-cupboard favourite ever … Read more
A new study by experts from Rice University, Texas A&M University, and the University of Texas may have just found a way to cure cancer. They have discovered a mechanism that can kill cancer cells. They have been able to identify a molecule that can kill or rupture the membrane of cancer cells. According to … Read more
