Crisis in Tahrir

Section: Food

John Ging, Director of Operations at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. UN Photo/Fabrice Arlot

Ethiopia praised over food security amid drought

15 May 2012 | Comments (1)

ADDIS ABABBA: A United Nations humanitarian official today praised the Ethiopian Government for its innovative and effective efforts to build resilience and food self-sufficiency amid increasingly challenging climatic conditions. “Ethiopia has made quite incredible advances in mitigating the impact of drought,” said the Operations Director at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs [...]

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Gobble Green is 100 percent vegan.

Gobble Green brings healthier life to your doorstep

15 May 2012 | Comments (0)

LOS ANGELES: It can be difficult for vegetarians and vegans to find meals that are both nutritious and appetizing. However, there is now a service that is transforming the health-food industry by catering to people’s specific diet and workout needs. Gobble Green (www.gobblegreen.com) is a 100% vegan online marketplace and food delivery service where consumers [...]

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Vegan sources of protein

Vegan sources of protein

12 May 2012 | Comments (0)

Meat-eaters will never stop asking and vegans always get sick of hearing it: “How do you get your protein?” The image of a skinny (not to mention gangly and dread-headed) hippie has typically been the poster child of veganism. After all, there’s no way we can be muscular, fit and even bulky as vegans, right? [...]

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Indian fat-fighting berry ‘Kokum’ takes aim at obesity

Indian fat-fighting berry ‘Kokum’ takes aim at obesity

11 May 2012 | Comments (0)

Goa (INDIA): Once a home to a legendary band sinewy and tough-as-nails guerrilla fighters, the ‘Mawles’, who challenged the might of the mighty Moghul empire in India in the 17th -18th centuries, India’s tropical hot-house, the Konkan region in south western India is all set to export “fighters” of another kind. Kokum, a dark red wild berry [...]

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Why banning halal slaughter good for animals, world

Why banning halal slaughter good for animals, world

10 May 2012 | Comments (8)

It’s not about religion, or at least it shouldn’t be. As British Muslims and Jews deride recent calls for an end to halal slaughter – the slitting of the throat of an animal before being slaughtered – let us look at why ending this practice would be good for the animals, and the globe. It [...]

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Recipe: Vegan Palestinian Maqlouba

Recipe: Vegan Palestinian Maqlouba

9 May 2012 | Comments (0)

This is a special Palestinian dish. It celebrates happy special occasions, or the arrival of important guests. You are likely to find similar variations of the dish in other Middle Eastern countries, but Palestine is the origin of the dish. It is mainly cooked using animal protein, but our tried and tested delicious vegan one [...]

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UK Muslims split over halal slaughter ban proposal

UK Muslims split over halal slaughter ban proposal

8 May 2012 | Comments (19)

British Muslims are battling over animal rights and calls for an end to halal slaughter in the country. It comes on the heels of a push to end the Jewish and Muslim traditional means of slitting an animals throat in order to allow the blood to flow completely out of the animals body. Professor Bill [...]

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In India endorsing beef can get you booked!

In India endorsing beef can get you booked!

5 May 2012 | Comments (0)

NEW DELHI: Nearly 100 professors and scholars have protested have protested against the administration’s action of booking cases in connection with a “beef festival” organized by Dalit and Muslim students on the campus of the Osmania University over a fortnight ago. Three professors – Dr P L Vishewaswara Rao, Dr Kancha Ilaiah and Dr Ansari [...]

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In malnourished India, 20 million kilos of wheat rots

In malnourished India, 20 million kilos of wheat rots

26 April 2012 | Comments (0)

NEW DELHI: In a country where millions of people go hungry for lack of food, thousands of tons of wheat have been destroyed, after unseasonal rains drenched the grain left open in government-run storage depots in the state of Harayana, located near the capital Delhi. Farmers’ have cried foul over what they have called utter [...]

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Tea is a way of life in India.

In 2013, chai to be made India’s national drink

24 April 2012 | Comments (0)

NEW DELHI: Chai, take a bow! Tea, the brew India wakes up to in more ways than one can imagine will be declared the national drink of India by next year. Deputy chairman of India’s planning commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia said that not only was India the largest producer and consumer of black tea in [...]

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India: Employees get high-protein diet to keep TB away

India: Employees get high-protein diet to keep TB away

16 April 2012 | Comments (0)

MUMBAI: In a bid to ensure good health of the staff at government-run hospitals, especially for Tuberculosis units, the Municipal Corporation at India’s commercial capital Mumbai has put its employees on a paid-for strict, high protein diet. Staff at the Sewree Tuberculosis Hospital run by Mumbai’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will now get to feast on [...]

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Beef festival sparks riot in India

Beef festival sparks riot in India

16 April 2012 | Comments (0)

NEW DELHI: Five students were injured, one serious with knife wounds, over a controversial beef festival organized by students of the Osmania University, located in the central Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The organizers of the beef festival, mainly left wing students unions, were demanding beef as a part of their canteen menu, which has [...]

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Dilip Mavlankar

Expert: taxing junk food to fund public health expenses

11 April 2012 | Comments (0)

NEW DELHI: Junk food, along with tobacco and alcohol should be heavily taxed and the taxed revenue should be used to develop public health, a top Indian management expert claimed. Dilip Mavlankar, a director at the Indian Institute of Public Health in Gujarat also said that such a fund should be insulated from the “vagaries [...]

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Lizard sends 50 children to hospital

Lizard sends 50 children to hospital

10 April 2012 | Comments (1)

NEW DELHI: More than 50 students took ill after eating a government supplied meal, which was later found to contain remains of a dead lizard in Howrah in West-Bengal in eastern India. The students who ate the meal supplied at the Integrated Child Development Centre (ICDC) were rushed to a rural primary health centre, where [...]

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PETA India is on a campaign to get health warnings on non-vegetarian food products.

PETA: meat, dairy products should carry cigarette-like warnings

6 April 2012 | Comments (3)

NEW DELHI: The India unit of the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has asked the Government of India make it mandatory that meat, poultry and other non-vegetarian products have warning signs on the lines of those displayed on cigarette packs warning against the health dangers of non-vegetarian foods. PETA India staff nutritionist Bhuvaneshwari [...]

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Recipe: Ethiopian Cabbage

Recipe: Ethiopian Cabbage

4 April 2012 | Comments (0)

If the Ethiopian bread, or injera, is ready to go and you are pumped for a nice meal, then make sure to add this Ethiopian cabbage dish to any Ethiopia night. You won’t be disappointed. Enjoy! Ingredients: 1 onion, chopped 5 carrots, cut in chunks 1/4 cup olive oil 1/2 large head cabbage, cut into [...]

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Zucchini cakes to fool the meat eaters.

Recipe: Zucchini cakes

3 April 2012 | Comments (0)

So you have those pesky meat-eating friends and you just can’t get around their always demanding meat dishes. Well, try this one and see if they are complaining. This is for the vegan who wants the “crab” cake hold the crab experience. Enjoy! Ingredients: 3 cups zucchini (about 1 medium), grated 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 [...]

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Vegan microwave brownies.

Recipe: Microwave vegan brownies

3 April 2012 | Comments (0)

Who doesn’t like easy-to-make brownies full of oozing chocolate greatness? If you don’t, then this recipe is not for you. It’s a tasty brownie recipe for the cruelty-free among us. Enjoy! Ingredients: 1/4 cup flour (I use white whole wheat) 1/4 cup sugar (brown is yummy) pinch finely ground salt, optional 1/8 teaspoon baking powder [...]

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Recipe: Tasty Walnut Burgers

Recipe: Tasty Walnut Burgers

3 April 2012 | Comments (0)

This is a nice change of pace for all those vegan burger lovers out there. It’s really a solid choice and you won’t be disappointed. Enjoy! Ingredients: 2 tablespoon margarine, 2 tablespoon flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cup soy milk 1-1/2 cups toasted bread crumbs Ener-G Egg Replacer for 2 eggs 1/2 cup chopped onion [...]

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An amazing vegan Reuben sandwich.

Recipe: Amazing vegan reuben sandwich

2 April 2012 | Comments (0)

We vegans can stuff our face with delights just as well as the next person. This vegan California Reuben sandwich is to die for. It’s just so good. Make two, you might just need it. Enjoy! Ingredients: 2 cups pre-packaged shredded coleslaw 1/2 cup vegan mayonnaise 1 tablespoon vegan sour cream 1 tablespoon sugar 1 [...]

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