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A taste of home

As one of the first families to move to Kuwait after 1948, Palestinian chef Sawsan Abueljubain holds only faint memories of her homeland, which she could only recall through keeping her country’s traditional dishes alive. “Since our homeland was...

Hideki Tokoro, president of Japan's whaling company Kyodo Senpaku, answers questions from the media at the exhibition and business meeting of domestically produced fin whales hosted by Kyodo Senpaku at Tokyo's Toyosu market.—AFP photos

Hearts, tails and blubber at Japan fin whale tasting

Bite-size portions of fin whale were available to sniff and taste Friday as Japan’s whaling industry seeks to rekindle appetite for a traditional protein source that has fallen out of favour. “Once young people eat it and they realize it’s goo...

An aerial view shows the Sarchinar tree nursery in the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah.--AFP photos

Saving the vanishing forests of Iraq’s Kurdistan

In a plant nursery in northern Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, hundreds of pine, eucalyptus, olive and pomegranate saplings grow under awnings protecting them from the fierce summer sun. The nursery in Sarchinar in the Kurdish city of Sulaiman...

Photo shows Bayram Demirciler tending to his beehives in Camlihemsin, in the Turkish province of Rize. - AFP photos

Turkey’s ‘mad honey’ aphrodisiac that can knock you flat

Its fans swear it can cure heart palpitations, dodgy stomachs and even impotence. Yet every year hundreds of people end up in hospital after gorging themselves on Turkey’s “mad honey”. But beekeeper Bayram Demirciler is adamant the honey his b...

A customer buys bags of locusts.

Flying food? Locusts anunusual culinary delight

In Kuwait, locusts have unexpectedly become a widely embraced culinary choice, not only as a viable source of nutrition, but also as a delicacy. Preferences among Kuwaitis vary when it comes to consuming locusts, with some favoring them boiled until...

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KUWAIT: Cabinet ministers, led by Acting Prime Minister Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah (right) are seen during their weekly meeting on Tuesday. — KUNA

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