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Lebanon Farmer Grows 24.9-Pound Potato

uk.news.yahoo.com "[Khalil] Semhat, 56, said he had not done anything special to cultivate such a super-sized spud. 'I didn't use any chemicals at all,' he insisted, adding that he had to ask a friend to help him haul the huge tuber out of the ground." [Yahoo! News UK]...

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2 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, December 8, 2008 at 9:50 AM
Tagged: Lebanon, megafoods, potatoes, weird

Lebanon Sues Israel Over Falafel Rights

Photograph by roboppy In a move that may or may not threaten the Middle Eastern peace process, Lebanon is planning to sue Israel in Trade Court over Israel's proprietary Arab food claims: According to a report by the Deutsche Presse Agentur, Germany's news agency, a Lebanese trade union is planning to sue Israel for claiming that the Jewish state has propriety over traditional Arab cuisine such as falafel, tabbouleh and hummus, which Lebanese consider their own. All right, if Lebanon is going to sue Israel for falafel copyright infringement, my imagination runs wild at the thought of other countries getting into the food copyright business. After the jump, my list of domestic and international food lawsuits waiting to happen....

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10 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, October 10, 2008 at 2:30 PM
Tagged: falafel, Israel, Lebanon