Oreos in China and the Wafer/Cakey Cookie Divide

Another Wall Street Journal article, this time on the reinvention of the Oreo in China. Of course, international food companies and fast food chains reinvent their products all the time…

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Agua Fresca 6: Pungent, Spicy Limonadas

About time for another agua fresca. Or a couple actually, based on that old staple limonada but spiced up. In Mexico, limonada is always made with what in the United…

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The Japanese Butter Shortage: Changing Tastes and the Food Crisis

The Japanese are short of butter and considering emergency imports, according to the Wall Street Journal. How the worm turns, at least on the biggish historical scale. A hundred and…

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