Happiness is on the Plate
Dai Jiangjun is serving the future on a plate, and happiness as a side dish. They do not follow the fashionable rules of posh, ego-driven star-chefdom. Instead, they are committed to Earth-friendly...
View ArticlePaying 'Hom'age To Chinese Cuisine
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View Article21 Surprising Things You Can Make In A Rice Cooker
I know -- random submission. But as many of us are expats in China, and I'm sure there are still a few of us without an oven or slowcooker -- might be useful. Yes, a standard electric rice cooker is...
View ArticleRecipe: Copper pot rice from Yunnan
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View ArticleRecipe: Copper pot rice from Yunnan
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View ArticleVideo: Making tofu by hand in southwestern China
It often appears as if China's headlong charge to embrace modernity is done with no concern for tradition. There are plenty of people however who strive to keep old customs alive. The owners and...
View ArticleA recipe for delicious sweet and sour ribs - with a bit of heat
Ribs cooked in this style are called tangcu paigu (糖醋排骨). Elsewhere in China they may simply be cooked in vinegar, sugar and soy sauce. Vinegar lends the sour flavor and copious amounts of sugar...
View ArticleKung Pao Chicken – Subtitled Video Cooking Lesson
Now you can learn how to kungpao a chicken straight from the source. This weekend you are going to cook gong bao ji ding like a laoban, because this article has everything you need to make it work:...
View ArticleRecipe: Yunnan erkuai with pork and mushrooms
Traditionally made by hand, erkuai is a food unique to Yunnan province. Often made communally in a public mill shared by several villages and requiring a team of laborers, it is customary to produce...
View ArticleRecipe from Yunnan: aphrodisiac cauliflower flan
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) often tastes horrible, especially when a prescription is simply a number of ground ingredients boiled in water. The good people at website Soundinner have embarked on...
View ArticleSomething Fishy - Yuxiang Eggplant Cooking Lesson
Learn how to make one of the most beloved dishes of the Chinese cuisine - Yu Xiang Qie Zi. It will take you less than six minutes and you learn it straight from the source - Chinese cooking lesson...
View ArticleEggplant: Nowhere does it better than China
Chinese food has got to be up there with the best food in the world, and there is nowhere in the world that produces a dish as delicious as the humble eggplant. Eggplant, also known as an Aubergine in...
View ArticleSuki’s clams (recipe excerpted from 'The Taste of Old Hong Kong')
That’s how we met Suki who churned alongside offering a variety of stir-fried seafood. His specialty—a favorite of typhoon shelter regulars—was clams. It’s a rare restaurateur who will share a recipe,...
View ArticleRecipe: Yunnanese mint and pomelo salad
This recipe is a classic Xishuangbanna salad, from a region of Yunnan where pomelos are sweet and mint plentiful. Vary the proportions of aromatic mint and chili to taste. The Dai people eat pomelo...
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