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Soup in the News

(Archive Dateline: April 2000)

Date Item
04/28/00
Ottawa Citizen		 At the murder trial of Quebecois Neil and Brent Stewart, the Crown prosecutor grilled 2 sisters on the last meal of the murdered man, father to the defendants. Ms. Rebertz testified that she served barley soup, remnants of which were found in the deceased's stomach. Ms. Rebertz was adamant about her soup recipe ingredients, saying, "Barley soup at my house, it doesn't matter whether it's today, tomorrow or next year, has barley and carrots."
04/27/00
Xinhua News Agency		 Chinese spokesmen repudiate the story of Tracy Zhao, U.S. citizen and member of the Falun Gong, who recounts on the Falun Gong website her arrest in Tiananmen Square on 2/4/00 and subsequent imprisonment, where "we had two meals a day, always two buns and a cabbage soup."
04/26/00
Associated Press		 Mort Rosenblum reports on today's two worlds of Vietnam, summing up their differences by evoking the traditional Hanoi soup of phó, and rich Saigonnaise crab noodle soup.
04/21/00
Reuters		 Ivan Castro reports from Managua on traditional Easter iguana soup in Nicaragua, noting that "sopa de garrobo" at Easter draws on reasons of superstition (nutritive and aphrodisiacal powers), religion (not considered a red meat by the Catholic Church), and popular tradition The reptiles are grown domestically--reaching 3 feet, not including their tails--and they are sold live from bins in markets with their feet and jaws bound for anywhere from $1.50 to $10. Although iguana are protected in many countries, in Nicaragua only the green iguana is protected, and even then not from December 1st through March 31st.
04/21/00
Reuters		 Brian Williams reports from Khe Sahn that entries in visitor books at this historical site in Vietnam reflect the continuing division about America's role in the war in Vietnam--a recent entry noting "a bowl of phó kicks ass over a stupid Big Mac."
04/20/00
Reuters		 Kieran Murray reports from Nairobi that a United Nations conference has rejected proposals to lift global bans on fishing marine turtles, but voted down efforts to protect basking sharks from hunters and traders. Both marine creatures are prized for making gourmet soups.
04/19/00
Associated Press		 Mark Lavie reports from Jerusalem that Orthodox Chabad movement members flew 2,000 matzo balls into Thessaloniki to serve with chicken soup for a seder hosting 1,000 Israeli basketball fans who came to watch Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv defeat Barcelona in Tuesday's European Cup semifinals.
04/16/00
Associated Press		 Alison Mutler reports from Romania that over 150,000 children are living in squalid institutions, with no human, loving touch, fed only thin soup and porridge. Last year the EU advised the country that it would not be permitted to join until it had resolved the problem of institutionalized children.
04/16/00
Reuters		 Peter Starck reports from Copenhagen that Queen Margrethe celebrated her 60th birthday yesterday by riding through the streets in a black carriage drawn by 6 white stallions, then dining on soup and other delicacies at her gala dinner at Christiansborg palace.
04/14/00
Reuters		 Hester Abrams reports that London adman Simon Anholt is using his new book to promote global marketing strategies that feature branded products from unusual places, suggesting as a start "Croatian Soup."
04/10/00
Reuters		 Elizabeth Piper reports from Arctic Russia that exploding episodes of tuberculosis have prompted charitable organizations to set up soup kitchens in Murmansk and other locations specifically to fight the disease and assist those in remission.
04/10/00
Reuters		 Saul Hudson reports that Alejandro Toledo supporters accuse Peru's President Alberto Fujimori of acquiring votes in the hotly contested election by linking free food handouts at government-run soup kitchens to votes backing Fujimori at rallies and polling stations.
04/9/00
Chicago Tribune		 Michael Lev reports from Shenzhen, China, that outlaw merchants across the border from Hong Kong are counterfeiting all Western consumer products up to and including fake Knorr chicken soup.
04/9/00
Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)		 David Fleshler reports that the turtle police have hit Pompano Beach and are fanning out across the rest of Broward County's coast to protect baby sea turtle hatchlings from being disoriented by artificial lights and from, latterly, being made into turtle soup.
04/7/00
Associated Press		 Gail Appleson reports that kosher quality wines are now a hot pairing with traditional matzo ball soup and gefilte fish at the Passover table, celebrated on 4/19 this year.
04/5/00
Associated Press		 David Duval recalls last year's Master's tournament, when hype about his chances as favorite reached such a pitch that "a fly in his soup was big news."
04/4/00
Associated Press		 Clar Ni Chonghaile reports from Paris that Breton rower Jo Le Guen, despite a soup-enriched diet, has been forced to abandon his dream of rowing across the Pacific Ocean to draw attention to pollution issues. Sixty days into the trip he developed ischemia and had to be picked up by a New Zealand cargo ship.
04/3/00
The New Strait Times		 The Swiss-Garden hotel in Kuala Lumpur is offering a special luncheon for International Secretaries Week, including wild mushroom cream soup with scallops.
04/3/00
Business Week		 Pillsbury Co. is developing a comprehensive business software, NetStat, that will enable employees to analyze reams of data and transform business operations--everything from how many consumers found vegetable stems in their soup...to market research by AC Nielsen.
04/2/00
Australasian Business Intelligence		 Anomalies in Australia's goods and services tax (GST) legislation are causing a variety of business issues: e.g., bones for soup are GST-free; bones for the dog are taxed.
04/2/00
Sunday Age (Australia)		 Martin Daly and Padraic Murphy report on the new playground scourge in Melbourne: marijuana smoking among grammar school children. Warning signs for parents include watching for when soup bowls go missing, as the kids use them for "mixing the mull."
04/1/00
The Times of India		 During his brief stay in Mumbai, India, Bill Clinton got hearts thumping at his interest in possibly buying the Oberoi Towers luxury hotel...and sinking when he ordered a beef soup, bananas, apples, and chicken enchiladas for dinner, thereby upsetting the special menu planned by the hotel and its VP Sanjeev Malhotra.
04/1/00
Sun Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)		 Goat soup is bubbling on Valledupar stoves to feast visitors at the annual Colombian music festival, which chooses Rey Vallenato each year. The music tradition and festival first gained an international reputation when it was showcased in Gabriel Garcia Marquez' One Hundred Years of Solitude.