You Can Eat This iPhone Case But Then You Won't Have an iPhone Case
Luckily, Japan's got you covered. For $ 64 you can buy the “Survival Senbei Rice Cracker iPhone 5 Case,” which is shaped like an ordinary iPhone case, but handmade of brown rice and salt by someone suspiciously named “'Mariko'” (quotation marks included …
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Kitchen spy: Sean Connolly
Hours spent in his grandmother's kitchen as a child ignited his interest in food, and he is still excited by old recipes, albeit with a modern twist. Connolly moved to Australia in 1988 … Pestle and mortar, jaffle irons from Japan. Carbon-steel knife …
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New Market Report Now Available: Chilled Processed Food in Japan
Euromonitor International's Chilled Processed Food in Japan report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2008-2012, allowing you to identify the sectors driving …
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Crime pays: Vampire squids wriggle free in wink-and-nod world
So instead of a ball-and-chain, perps can pay pricey speeding tickets, drive off in their top-end getaway cars, and probably not have to depend on food stamps to make ends meet. Say what you will about the Germans, but they do punish the wicked, and …
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Good morning Saigon
Food vendors on the footpath boil huge pots of coconut rice, but it's the pho merchants I'll soon seek. Vietnam's … You'll need to get there by 5am to ensure your place among the early-morning chaos, but it's the liveliest place to be at dawn …
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