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A well-stocked shop at Van’s historic cheese bazaar, which includes an array of pickled wild herbs, sold separately.

Turkey’s eastern Van region serves up sheep’s milk cheese — the traditional way

Food

In the eastern Turkish city of Van, a market devoted entirely to cheese serves up a regional specialty made of sheep’s milk and wild herbs, gathered in the mountains. 

In Pakistan, no one admits to being a Burger

Global Politics

Spanish baker upends system by slashing price of bread by 80 percent

Business, Economics and Jobs

Texas scientists develop super microwave that stops bread from molding

Chips Funga: Kenyans transform term for French fries into slang for one-night stand

Tourists Protest Paying $21 for an Ice Cream Cone in Rome

Business, Economics and Jobs

An ice cream parlor in Rome recently unleashed a wave of protests when it charged some British tourists $21 per ice cream cone. It was just the latest instance of tourists getting ripped off in the Eternal City, as Megan Williams reports from Rome.

Would You Eat Horse Meat?

A horse is a horse, of course, but what if the horse is a meatball course, served at Ikea alongside mashed potatoes, gravy, and lingonberry jam? Horse meat was discovered in Ikea’s famous Swedish meatballs this week, and the retailer responded by withdrawing the meatballs from their stores in fourteen European countries. It’s the latest […]

Spanish Baker Starts a Bread War

Business, Economics and Jobs

A baker in the region around Valencia, Spain, has his own answer to the national economic crisis. He’s selling loaves of bread for just 20 euro cents. Other bakers are furious, claiming he’s selling below cost to put them out of business.

The Many Meanings of Chips Funga

Arts, Culture & Media

‘Chips Funga’ is one of the most popular phrases in Kenya today. It means ‘french fries to go’…and a whole lot more.

The World

Smuggling Pizza Ingredients Into Canada

Conflict & Justice

For our Geo Quiz we’re trying to track down some pizza rustlers, some cheese pizza rustlers. Police in Southern Ontario are investigating an unusual criminal case that involves some local pizzerias.