Sitting at home tonight in my apartment in Sanlitun neighborhood of Beijing, I sit with a glass of Laphroaig, listening to The XX‘s album CoExist, while fireworks crack and pow through the night and bounce off buildings that weren’t yet constructed a year ago. Tonight is Yuanxiao Festival [...]
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Shanghai, China — Prior to living and traveling China, I’d never cooked a whole fish. My mother always bought whole fish then fried, baked, broiled, or boiled it for our family, but much to her dismay, I’ve been the sort who buys the fillet of salmon or halibut to grill on a pan. I’ve just always found the idea quite [...]
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Last week, I finally had the privilege of trying out Shanti’s sand ginger chicken over a girly dinner. Needless to say, I stuffed myself . The next day as I was grocery shopping, I came across half a chicken looking lonesome, which made me think of [...]
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I learned this intoxicatingly delicious dish in Chengdu, Sichuan. The recipe is from Shandong, but Jiang Yi, the home chef, is from Sichuan. Jiang Yi’s friend once cooked this dish for him and he’s been cooking it ever since! Braised pork [...]
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One of my favorite things to eat at a Sichuan restaurant is liángfěn. Liángfěn is a starch jelly made from mung bean. It is a cloudy, translucent white jelly sold like tofu then cut into pieces adequate for chopsticks to pick up. The following recipe is based on [...]
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我非常喜欢面食，馒头面条都是我都喜欢。其中面条是我的最爱。平常经常吃煮鲜面条，有时会煮意大利面吃。这次，用了妈妈的做法做了煎茄子，与番茄一起做成酱料，浇在煮好的通心粉上，算是中西合璧吧，非常好吃！
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By ‘Sky’, guestblogger | Edited by Juling He
I was born September 9th, 1999 in Shandong Province. I believe life is full of joy and happiness. I love baking and cooking, which is very possibly attributed to my mother’s antenatal education. When she carried me, she watched mostly TV food programs, thus influencing me. I have a [...]
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A sip of this infusion might inspire nostalgia. It depends on how far you’ll let your senses reach.
Are you partial to stories that unearth emotions from a ‘simpler time’? Do you weep over a minor key or measure of notes? Have there been passages from books that arrest you with appreciation, [...]
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Bitter winter has embraced Beijing. Heating in old apartments can not give enough warmth. At times, I feel a nip in the air, piercing through my body. One of my dearest friends who grew up eating organic lamb and beef in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, suggested I add beef or lamb [...]
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Beijing, China — While traveling through Yunnan, I stayed at a hostel in Kunming in a co-ed dormitory. One backpacker, now friend, took notice of me editing food and family photos I’d taken. Allex Fereira (www.allexferreira.com.br) is a portrait photograph and [...]
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My nephew and aspiring chef, Jordan, taught me how to break down a chicken properly. In the past, I’d hack up a chicken and throw the whole thing in my pressure cooker, add some celery, carrot, and onion then let it boil for an hour. I decided it was about time [...]
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Nanjing, Jiangsu — While I sampled the home style cooking of Jiangsu province, I made the mistake of spending only 24 hours in Nanjing. This former capital city of south China (‘nan‘ meaning south, whilst ‘bei‘ means north for Beijing) undulates with hills while the sunlight flickers through tree-lined [...]
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