The store opened the Malaysia Kitchen on 11th September with a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by High Commissioner of Malaysia, Datuk Zakaria Sulong and MATRADE’s Trade Commissioner, Raja Badrulnizam.

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Sugar producers responding to high sugar prices for the last two years are increasing prodcution, Czarnikow the sugar and ethanol experts who have been in the sugar business since 1861 said in their monthly sugar report.

Increases in production should see the global balance return to surplus during 2010/11 following two years of production deficits, the report said. Though the majority of countries are still only part way through the 2009/10 season, the early start to one of the world’s largest sugar producers – Brazil’s 2010/11 season is driving the market today and has enabled some importers to bridge the shortfalls that they have experienced in 2009/10 with imports from Brazil’s new crop. With sugar stocks still low, Czarnikov expects that the global market will remain fragile during the 10/11 crop cycle.The tightness in supplies is unlikley therefore to ease sugar prices.

Toby Cohen, head of analysis at Czarnikow, said: “Global sugar production is on track to hit a record this year after two years of deficits. However, despite the predicted small surplus, little has changed in terms of fundamentals and we expect the market to remain fragile.”

But despite production problems in some leading exporting countries, the world wheat market remains far more balanced than at the time of the world food crisis in 2007/08 and fears of a new global food crisis are not justified at this point, the Rome-based FAO said in a news release.

A continuing, devastating drought afflicting crops in the Russian Federation, coupled with anticipated lower outputs in Kazakhstan and Ukraine have raised strong fears about the availability of world wheat supply in the 2010/11 marketing season.

The turmoil in global wheat markets, which has intensified in recent weeks, is evidence of the growing dependence on the Black Sea region, an area renowned for erratic yields, as a major supplier of wheat to world markets. In addition, an expected production decline in Canada, another major producer and exporter of wheat, has reinforced market worries.

International wheat prices have jumped by over 50 percent since June. This rapid increase in prices is prompting concerns about a repeat of the crisis of 2007/08.

But after two consecutive years of record crops, world inventories have been replenished sufficiently to cover the current anticipated production shortfall. Even more importantly, stocks held by the traditional wheat exporters, the main buffer against unexpected events, remain ample.

External factors, including the macro economic environment and developments in other food markets, which were major drivers behind the surge in international prices in 2007/08, are not posing a threat so far, FAO said.

The latest downgrading of world wheat production forecast for 2010 points to a tighter supply situation and increases the likelihood of higher wheat prices compared to the previous season. However, fears of a global food crisis are unwarranted at this stage.

On the other hand, should the drought in the Russian Federation continue, it could pose problems for winter plantings in that country with potentially serious implications for world wheat supplies in 2011/12.

In a corner of west London Seasons’ chef Diego draws his culinary muse, as his musical predecessor and fellow Venetian Vivaldi did, from the four seasons.

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The Big Lunch, where Londoners bring their own food to an open-air party organized by local neighbourhood groups in their gardens, local parks or in the street is part of the government’s initiative to get local people to get to know each other.

In it’s second year, The Big Lunch kicked off to a great start when an estimated one million people got together at over 8,000 different events around the UK, last year.

The Fair Trade foundation is encouraging shoppers to look for the fair trade certification – a registered trademark of the charitable foundation to indicate products meet the international Fairtrade standards. This independent consumer label is now recognised by 72% of UK consumers and appears on products as a guarantee that disadvantaged producers are getting a better deal.

Today, more than 7.5 million people – farmers, workers and their families – across 58 developing countries benefit from the international Fairtrade system.

Boil water add oats and keep stirring. As the oats cooks drop in the egg, smoked salmon, garlic a spoon of pesto sauce and dill. Add salt only if needed smoked salmon and pesto usually contain enough salt, add pepper according to taste.

For those who turn up their nose to ricotta cheese and chinese spices – the old myth is that Marco Polo brought noodles back to Italy so a ricotta noodle soup? Try it.

Whose recipe is it anyway mixes flavours and spices from all over the world in unusual ways. Not for the purists. Send in your recipes to info@concentriccircles.biz

As supermarkets squeeze big brands off their shelves with own brand look alikes or simple de-listing, Amazon’s decision to stock both big and small brands in its unlimited virtual shelf space, will give smaller niche market suppliers to compete on an equal footing with the bigger players.

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