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TIDBITS Learn from the masters
Until the end of July, chef Shiraishi Kikuo of the Banyan Tree Hotel's Taihei restaurant is offering classes on the art of Japanese cooking. Participants will get a basic introduction to Japanese cuisine in a class that focuses on dressings, seasonings and marinades for preparing seafood and sushi.
FOOD NOTE Scrumptious mooncakes
In keeping with the traditions of the Chinese mid-autumn festival, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, chef Lau Chi Kwong at the Ambassador Hotel is creating an exciting assortment of speciality mooncakes. The delicious treats are available in the hotel's main lobby.
BIZARRE BITES Marriage can cost a pig
A man on Borneo Island, Malaysia, was fined one pig and a buffalo for breaking tribal rules and secretly marrying for a second time without getting his first wife's permission. The man is being punished even though he agreed to divorce the second wife and stay with the mother of his children.
