The Malaysian Insider :: Food
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| Michelin stars shining bright in New York Posted: 04 Oct 2013 08:56 PM PDT Seven restaurants won the guide's highest three star-rating, unchanged from last year, earning the description of "exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey." But in the two-star category of "excellent cuisine, worth a detour," the surprise breakthrough was Korean restaurant "Jungsik" run by chef Jung Sik Yim in Manhattan's trendy TriBeCa neighborhood. "He's a brilliant young chef who worked in Korea, New York and also in Spain at a three-star Michelin (restaurant)," Michael Ellis, the international director of the annual guides issued by the French tire company. "It's a very personal cuisine, which combines his Korean origins with high-level European techniques for a superb cuisine d'auteur," Ellis told AFP. The number of two-star restaurants in New York fell from seven last year to five. They also include Atera - run by young chef Mathew Lightner in TriBeCa; Soto, a Japanese restaurant in Greenwich Village; the Italian Marea near Central Park and Momofuku in East Village. A total of 55 restaurants got one star, up from 52 last year and nine of them for the first time. New York holds onto its undisputed title as most diverse culinary capital of the world with 61 different cuisines represented, including Persian, Tibetan, Sri Lankan, Peruvian, Polish, fusion and gastropub, not to mention the European and Japanese classics. "New York remains one of the most dynamic, most varied, most exciting culinary markets in the world," Ellis said. Three French restaurants retained the top rank: Daniel, with chef Daniel Boulud; Jean-Georges, with Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and Eric Ripert's Le Bernardin. Masa Takayama's Masa, Thomas Keller's Per Se, Eleven Madison Park featuring Daniel Humm and Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare made up the rest of the three-star list. Gordon Ramsay's The London lost its two stars. So did Corton in TriBeCa, which lost its chef, and Gilt on Madison Avenue, which closed. In all, 930 restaurants got a mention in the guide, up from 896 last year. Sixty-seven got stars compared to 66 in 2013. Another 138 were highlighted as Bib Gourmand, which signifies good eating at good value. Menus in this category offer two dishes and a glass of wine for a maximum of $40, excluding tax and service. The 2014 guide also includes dozens of restaurants were diners despairing of the city's high prices can eat for less than $25. Michelin also covers San Francisco and Chicago in the United States. Inspectors work anonymously and have a reputation for independence. – AFP, October 5, 2013. |
| Eating a big breakfast may increase fertility: study Posted: 04 Oct 2013 06:18 PM PDT While prior research has found that the timing of our meals can affect our weight, a new study announced this week shows that it can also affect insulin resistance and hormone levels. Making breakfast the largest meal of the day could boost the chance of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a menstrual problem that affects up to 10 percent of women of reproductive age, to conceive, researchers said. Women with PCOS become resistant to insulin, which can result in an increase in male sex hormones known as androgens, impairing their fertility. A research team from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University studied 60 patients with PCOS between the ages of 25 and 39 over a 12-week period. Each subject was told to eat about 1,800 calories per day, slightly below the recommended daily total for women, but with half having their largest meal of the day at breakfast and the other half at dinner. Findings, published in the journal Clinical Science, found that there were higher levels of ovulation in the group who ate their largest meal, typically about 980 calories, at breakfast time. Also among the big breakfast eaters, glucose levels and insulin resistance dropped by eight percent, while levels of androgens decreased by 50 percent. Those who ate a larger dinner showed no change. "The research clearly demonstrates that indeed the amount of calories we consume daily is very important, but the timing as to when we consume them is even more important," said study leader Professor Oren Froy. – AFP/Relaxnews, October 5, 2013. |
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