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...thing if you can't find pork at your local market. You can always buy chicken. But rice has no good substitute in many Asian diets. In Mandarin, the word for rice is also the word for food. The Thai phrase "to eat" translates as "eat rice." "Rice isn't just another commodity," says Robert Zeigler, director general of the International Rice Research Institute in Manila. "In Asia, rice has cultural, social and, in many places, even a religious role, so it carries much more psychological weight." Indeed, Asian nations have reacted to the mere prospect of shortage with something...
...family of five, is feeling the pain. "It's very hard to feed my family already, and now we're worried that the rice will run out. I've started cooking rice porridge to try and use less. Rice is very important to us: it is what we eat. Without [it] people will die." Food aid programs are suffering, too. Valerie Guarnieri, Philippines director for the U.N. World Food Program, which feeds about 1.1 million Filipinos, says rising prices mean her organization will have to spend about 60% of its $19 million budget on food, up from 45% last year...
...food - the cuisine of West Java. All of the dishes are spread out on a long buffet table so you just choose what you like and they'll heat it up and bring it to your table. It's a great place for vegetarians like us, as the Sundanese eat lots of raw vegetables and sambal, or chili paste. The place is cozy and the people friendly, so we love to come here after a long day and just enjoy the breeze at a table outside on the terrace...
...meantime, immigration policy that favors highly educated professionals will result in lower numbers of curry chefs. This is not all bad. You can only eat curry so many times in one week...
...Obama's father quickly drew a crowd of friends at the university. "We would drink beer, eat pizza and play records," Abercrombie says. They talked about Vietnam and politics. "Everyone had an opinion about everything, and everyone was of the opinion that everyone wanted to hear their opinion-no one more so than Barack...