Talks between Foreign Ministers of DPRK and China Held (Korean Central News Agency) Beijing, April 28 (KCNA) -- Talks between DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi were held in Beijing on April 28. [News Source]

Real Food Pioneer: Alice Waters (Times Online) What’s in your kitchen? A fireplace that I can cook in and big windows that look out to my garden. There is no equipment, as such; certainly not machines. I have lots of pestles and mortars, a rather small stove, a big table to eat at and a big table to cook on. [News Source]

Struggling to find an appetite for cloned meat. Opening skirmishes are occurring in what is shaping up to be a battle on par with that over genetically modified food. This time the issue is the production of meat and milk from cloned animals. [News Source]

Expect to get grilled over food. Hijacked hams, seized sausages, confiscated confits. On a typical day last year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection processed 1.13 million people entering the U.S., and seized nearly 4,300 prohibited plant or animal items. [News Source]

Future uncertain for U.S.-Korea FTA (The Politico) Labor groups and two U.S. automakers say agreement doesn’t do nearly enough to open Korean auto market. [News Source]

S KOREAN PANEL TO HOLD HEARING ON U.S. BEEF DEAL (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) Livestock   A parliamentary committee will hold a hearing next month on a recently struck deal to fully open South Korea's market to U.S. beef amid growing concerns here over mad cow disease and an expected blow to the local cattle industry. [News Source]

S Korean Panel To Hold Hearing On U.S. Beef Deal (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) A parliamentary committee will hold a hearing next month on a recently struck deal to fully open South Korea's market to U.S. beef amid growing concerns here over mad cow disease and an expected blow to the local cattle industry. [News Source]

Say ’Aho!’ to Native American food (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Malaysia News) SINGAPORE : Never mind wagyu beef, try a cut of bison. And who needs Thai rice, when you could have blue corn or wild rice. [News Source]

Expect to get grilled over food (Chicago Tribune) U.S. border officials more vigilant about protecting food supply from contamination The rules for what you can, and can't, stuff into your suitcase are so complicated even conscientious travelers might have trouble. [News Source]