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Chinese Pork Buns

Chinese buns (bao) are on-trend yet still a little unconventional. This version, distributed frozen, focuses on ingredients from Northern China, where pork, wheat and cabbage are common. ...More
May 23, 2012
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Latin Sandwiches on the Rise

U.S. culinary culture is hungry for more Latin American sandwiches like Brazil’s Bauru, the Puerto Rican–inspired jibarito, and Mexico’s cemita poblana and myriad torta iterations. ...More
April 24, 2012
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A Taste of the Tropics

New menu items and retail product launches are inspired by foods from tropical countries like Hawaii, Brazil, the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam. ...More
March 26, 2012
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Seafood: Swimming in the Seas of Change

Although the classics (lemon, meet butter) are still popular when it comes to seafood, maturing tastes—and advances in processing technology, such as use of enrobed sauces on frozen seafood—have expanded the options, with sweet heat and ethnic flavors coming into play. ...More
August 30, 2011
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Street Food: Crossing Cultures with Local Inspiration

A look inside the street food and street-inspired restaurants in Los Angeles provides a glimpse of how the next wave of street food in America very well might take shape. ...More
June 24, 2011
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Kids With Nut Allergies Likely to Have Sesame Allergy

Children with histories of both peanut and tree nut allergies are more likely to have a history of sesame allergy, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. ...More
January 17, 2011
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Capturing Korean Cuisine

Korean foods have made significant inroads to the United States, and could very well be the next big ethnic cuisine to make an impact here. ...More
December 23, 2010
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Heat-and-Eat Meals Go Gourmet

Gourmet convenience meals come at a time when many consumers have traded down from restaurant meals in favor of retail prepared foods that require simple heating, often in the microwave, prior to eating. ...More
September 28, 2010
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Getting Acquainted with China's Regional Cuisines

From Canton in the south, Shanghai in the East, Beijing in the north, and Sichuan in the west, China’s key regions offer much to product and menu developers ready to bring regional Chinese cuisine to American consumers. ...More
June 23, 2010
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Lignans May Lower Breast Cancer Risk

High exposure to lignans, a phytoestrogen found in flax and sesame seeds, may be associated with a reduced breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women but additional work is warranted to clarify the association between the two, according to a study published in the American ...More
May 26, 2010
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