Read more Chinese food stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19079/chinese-food.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:07:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74364/live-fish-dinner-on-youtube-sparks-uproar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFootage of Chinese diners tucking into a still-breathing fish has outraged animal rights groups. The video, which has attracted thousands of viewers on YouTube, shows the fish being picked apart with chopsticks as diners laugh and the fish gapes. It had been kept alive during cooking with a wet towel...http://www.newser.com/story/74364/live-fish-dinner-on-youtube-sparks-uproar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 4:34:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/60690/china-orders-chicken-killed-by-snakes-off-menus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChina is cracking down on restaurants that serve chicken killed by forced snake bite, Reuters reports. A recent Internet video of a chef urging a snake to repeatedly bite a bird inspired the move. “Snake-bite chicken” is popular in Guangdong and Chongqing provinces. “Not only is it cruel and blood-thirsty,...http://www.newser.com/story/60690/china-orders-chicken-killed-by-snakes-off-menus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 16:35:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/46401/asian-appetites-threaten-florida-turtles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAsia's insatiable appetite for turtles could be driving some US species to the brink of extinction, the Los Angeles Times reports. The region's newly affluent consumers are happy to shell out top dollar for the delicacy and with most native species already eaten, Florida's turtle exports are booming. Conservationists warn...http://www.newser.com/story/46401/asian-appetites-threaten-florida-turtles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 27 Dec 2008 4:16:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/33011/olympians-fearful-of-chinese-food-chemicals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn addition to concerns about air quality in Beijing this August, many Olympic athletes are worried about contaminants and chemicals in the food, ABC News reports. With many of China's agricultural products boosted by growth stimulants, or steroids, or amped by antibiotics, athletes are particularly concerned that they might unwittingly...http://www.newser.com/story/33011/olympians-fearful-of-chinese-food-chemicals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Jul 2008 4:57:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30863/chinese-menus-retranslated-for-olympics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Chinese government is issuing a list of revised names for some of the country's more obliquely translated dishes in preparation for the wave of tourists the Beijing Olympics will draw this August, the New York Times reports. A disconcerting plate of “husband-and-wife lung slices” will be rechristened as a...http://www.newser.com/story/30863/chinese-menus-retranslated-for-olympics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Jun 2008 11:05:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29523/author-cracks-open-calif-fortune-cookie-battle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe fortune cookie caps any good Chinese meal in America, and Los Angeles and San Francisco both claim credit for it, Steve Harvey writes in the Los Angeles Times . Angelenos say an LA restaurateur invented the famed wafer in 1918, while their neighbors to the north insist an official gave...http://www.newser.com/story/29523/author-cracks-open-calif-fortune-cookie-battle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Jun 2008 19:38:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25727/genitals-on-the-menu-at-beijings-penis-bistro.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf your idea of good eating doesn't stretch to yak's penis or duck testicles, then Beijing's Guolizhuang restaurant definitely isn't the place for you. The exclusive restaurant's menu is made up almost entirely of penis and testicle dishes, Der Speigel reports. Well-heeled businessmen flock in for dishes such as "Jasmine...http://www.newser.com/story/25727/genitals-on-the-menu-at-beijings-penis-bistro.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 26 Apr 2008 16:27:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39370/a-taste-of-china-opens-in-baghdad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe central Baghdad neighborhood of Karrada has seen its share of brutal changes over the past few years, but saw a sign of life in January, when a Chinese restaurant opened its doors, reports Middle East Online . "Like security in Baghdad, it will get better," said one of the owners,...http://www.newser.com/story/39370/a-taste-of-china-opens-in-baghdad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Jan 2008 18:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14320/video-spoofs-jews-on-christmas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA band teacher at a Baltimore yeshiva is the latest YouTube celebrity thanks to his holiday spoof on the Jewish dilemma of what to do on Christmas. His video, "Chinese Food on Christmas," in which a rock band of faux Hasidic Jews jams for fellow members of the tribe at...http://www.newser.com/story/14320/video-spoofs-jews-on-christmas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Dec 2007 11:20:00 CST