Foods

World food prices fell for a ninth month in a row in December but hit their highest level on record for the full year in 2022, U.N. data have showed.    

Food prices soared to a monthly record high in March after Russia invaded agricultural powerhouse Ukraine, a major supplier of wheat and cooking oil to the world.    

It is a gift fit for a king, or three: a gold coin slipped by a Belgian baker inside a traditional flaky Epiphany Three Kings cake baked to perfection.

Instead of the usual bean, Brussels baker Luc de Weerdt opted for the more luxurious prize of small round 18-carat gold coins, stamped with his bakery's logo.

Thessaloniki has also developed its own pastry culture

Online travel agencies take the cake

Korkut Yetgin, a farmer who grows 1,500 tons of ornamental pumpkin on his 500-decare field in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, receives high demand from the Netherlands and Russia as Halloween approaches.

Shaq first become a franchisee of the pretzels stores in 2007

Erdogan privately disdains NATO & uses it as a tool to gain leverage being ready to move closer to Russia, to Iran & coddle the most radical Islamist movements

Humans on Mars would need to use the only raw materials available to make everything they need for survival

Ljubljana – One of the mainstay segments of online shopping is pet food, shows data from the price comparison platform Ceneje.si, which is part of the Heureka group. Demand in the dog food category rose by 14% year-on-year and in the cat food category by 65%. “Dog and cat owners have been buying food online during the pandemic as well, and we expect the trend to continue.

Bled – Smells of saute potato made with onions in “more than 99 ways” are wafting through Bled on Saturday as the lakeside town hosts the 22nd annual world festival of this traditional Slovenian dish.

Frying started at 9am with the official opening of the festival to follow at noon. Free tastings will be available into the late afternoon, along with other culinary delights.