What in the World: Dog Meat and Lychees: A Pairing Meant to Make You Feel ...

Edit New York Times 21 Jun 2016
At a festival in southern China that dog lovers condemn, the food pairing is all about energy, balance and fighting heat with heat ... ....

China: Annual dog-meat festival begins amidst opposition

Edit The Oslo Times 21 Jun 2016
About 10,000 dogs and cats are expected to be killed and eaten during the controversial 10-day festival in Yulin, which started on Tuesday ... The Lychee and Dog Meat Festival sees people gathering in Yulin to sample dog meat hotpot, lychee fruits and local liquor....

Chinese demand end to canine carvery festival

Edit The Register 21 Jun 2016
10-day dog-and-cat-meat festival an ‘embarassment’, say pet loving citizens. A whopping 8 million Chinese citizens have called on Beijing to call time on the country’s infamous Yulin Lychee Dog Meat Festival, saying it was harming the country’s image abroad. ....

Yulin dog meat festival begins in China amid widespread criticism

Edit BBC News 21 Jun 2016
Share. Share this with. Copy this link http.//www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-36583400. An annual dog meat festival has begun in southern China, amid widespread domestic and international opposition. About 10,000 dogs and cats are expected to be killed and eaten during the controversial 10-day festival in Yulin ... The Lychee and Dog Meat Festival sees people gathering in Yulin to sample dog meat hotpot, lychee fruits and local liquor ... ....

Yulin Dog Meat Festival Begins In China – Barbaric Practice Of Butchering Dogs For Meat ...

Edit Inquisitr 21 Jun 2016
Despite widespread criticism and international opposition, the Yulin Dog Meat Festival has officially begun in southern China. The annual event involves butchering of thousands of dogs for human consumption. The Yulin Dog Meat Festival has begun ...The Straits Times (@STcom) June 21, 2016 ... The Lychee and Dog Meat Festival sees people gathering in Yulin to sample dog meat hotpot, lychee fruits and local liquor, reported BBC ... Poll....

Families enjoy Father’s Day weekend at Summer Fruit Fest in Redland

Edit The Miami Herald 21 Jun 2016
“It was difficult but fun,” said Sabrina Manze of the watermelon-eating contest. A first time visitor, she traveled from Palm Beach County to the event with her parents and sister to celebrate Father’s Day and her mother’s birthday. “The watermelon was really juicy and there was a lot to eat.” ... “We have lychees, mangoes, jackfruit … and some really obscure things like mamey and canistel (egg fruit) – just all kinds of tropical fruits.”....
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File - Dogs being butchered at a local market in Guangdong, China, 1999.

China dog meat festival: Is it really so bad to eat dog?

Edit CNN 20 Jun 2016
(CNN)It's that time of year again when the Lychee and Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, China sets off a global debate on animal welfare and the limits of multicultural tolerance. In previous years some 10,000 dogs have been slaughtered and eaten over the 10-day festival ... Both are half-right and half-wrong. Take the critics of the festival first. There is certainly plenty for them to truly indignant about. Read More ... READ ... Lazy thinking? ... READ ... ....

Elderflowers: the essence of British summertime

Edit The Observer 19 Jun 2016
So why shouldn’t this be the case with the handful of cultivated elderflower varieties? Could there be an elder out there with a much stronger scent? Perhaps one with more of the fragrant, lychee-like notes that I love? Maybe even a hint of colour? ... It has knock-out flavour, being both more intense overall than regular elder, but with a particularly pronounced muscat grape-meets-lychee hint ... To me it’s elder, only better....

Fountainbleau Summer cocktails highlight the need for a man to learn this skill

Edit The Examiner 17 Jun 2016
Taste summer in liquid form this season at the Fountainbleau Hotel which has presented its signature cocktails for the summer at each of its World-Famous restaurants ... In the early afternoon, choose the Day Drinking cocktail made with Pavan liqueur, Whispering Angel rose wine and lychee puree ... Talladega Days (not to be confused with the nights) has Corzo Silver tequila, Cointreau, orange juice, pineapple and guava puree ... ....

10 monsoon foods that you need to stock up on

Edit The Times of India 16 Jun 2016
With the monsoon upon us for the next three months, some food items are best avoidable such as seafood and leafy vegetables. However, the season also brings with it a basket of superfoods that offer a range of health benefits ... Brew. LYCHEES. Lychees pump up the immune system, fight cancer cells, improve digestion, build stronger bones, lower blood pressure, improve circulation, assist in weight loss and optimise metabolic activities....

Enjoy Florida’s ruby-red lychees while the season lasts

Edit Palm Beach Post 15 Jun 2016
This June is promising to be a great time for mangoes as well as lychees, two of the best fruits God has blessed mankind with, or at least ......

Millions of Chinese Are Calling For an End to the Yulin Dog Meat Festival

Edit Time Magazine 15 Jun 2016
Hei-Hei is three years old. She loves snoozing spread-eagled on her back, playing with a football, and sausages. She hates early morning exercise and, clichés be damned, cats — especially that sandy-colored rascal who is forever prowling our roof ... But perhaps not for long ... distressing link) ... Dogs are bludgeoned to death on the spot, and then eaten with an accompaniment of lychees and grain alcohol ... Many are dead on arrival....

Macaron maestro Herme named world's best pastry maker

Edit The Times of India 14 Jun 2016
Paris, June 14, 2016 (AFP) -. They call him the "Picasso of patisserie," the man who has made his melt-in-the-mouth macarons an international object of desire ... Instead, his famous laboratory near Parc Monceau in central Paris works on the intensity of taste, turning out such classics as the "Ispahan" -- made with raspberries, lychee and rosewater -- and the "Mogador," a sublime combination of passion fruit and milk chocolate ... alm/fg/oh....
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