Try making prawn potstickers at home for Chinese New Year
ANDREW WONG this week became the first chef ever to win two Michelin stars for a Chinese restaurant in the UK.
Missing customers, Belgian restaurateur serves mannequins
RIXENSART, Belgium — A Belgian restaurant owner near Brussels says she misses her customers so much since her restaurant was forced to close last October under coronavirus laws, she has replaced them with mannequins.
Datu Puti earns new Guinness World Records title
DATU Puti just kicked off 2021 by setting a new Guinness World Records title: for the most people dipping food into vinegar online simultaneously.
Dining In/Out (02/04/21)
MANDARIN oranges, peanut candy, and glutinous rice cakes have historically been the biggest foods contending for space on the snack platters of the Chinese Lunar New Year festivities — until now that is.
Democratized beauty
THE CONRAD Manila’s current installment of its “Of Art and Wine” exhibit series at its Gallery C shines a light on the historically rich but underrated art of printmaking.
Actress Naty Crame-Rogers, 97
ONE of the country’s premier actresses and theater pioneers, Natividad “Naty” Crame-Rogers, died on Feb. 2. She had just turned 97 in the last week of December 2020.
CCP holds world premiere of Tarog’s new short film, launches dance video
THE CULTURAL Center of the Philippines (CCP) will host the world premiere of award-winning filmmaker Jerrold Tarog’s new film Ang Kabaligtaran ng Gunaw (The Opposite of the End)” along with the launch of the dance film Hilom: Sayaw Dalangin ng Pag-asa at Pagkakaisa, on Feb. 14, 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. airing on CNN Philippines channels.
In Mexico, amateur find of ancient ‘goddess’ stirs calls for more research
MEXICO CITY — The edge of a mysterious block of limestone began to peek out from the dirt after Cesar Cabrera cleared a stretch of his family farm in Mexico where he wanted to plant watermelon.
Black Panther director developing Wakanda TV series for Disney+
LOS ANGELES — Black Panther director and co-writer Ryan Coogler is developing a streaming television series set in the movie’s fictional futuristic kingdom of Wakanda, Walt Disney Co. said on Monday.
Spotify launches music streaming service in South Korea
STOCKHOLM — Spotify Technology SA on Tuesday made a long-awaited debut in South Korea, the sixth largest music market in the world and home to the K-pop music genre.
Tony Bennett made new album with Lady Gaga after Alzheimer’s diagnosis
NEW YORK — The family of Tony Bennett has revealed that the legendary singer has been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, breaking their silence on his condition four years after he was diagnosed.
Evan Rachel Wood accuses Marilyn Manson of abuse
LOS ANGELES — Westworld TV and film actress Evan Rachel Wood on Monday said her former fiance, rock singer Marilyn Manson, “horrifically abused me for years.”