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Why did the noodle carrier cross the bridge?

TO FEED HER HUSBAND - and launch a celebrated item of Chinese regional cuisine. Visit "the land of eternal spring", southern China's Kunming, and you'll find a celebrated dish often called "crossing-the-bridge rice noodles". This bowl of deliciousness has been on the list of Kunming's intangible cultural heritage since 2008. Yunnan rice noodles (雲南米線) are…

September 26, 20240Comments ByEmily Zhou

Chinese food Culture

This Chinese fruit may be the ugliest and sweetest thing you’ll ever taste

IF THERE WAS A list of "ugly speciality foods", China's frozen pears would probably be at the top of it. They have black peel, a hard texture, and freeze your hands. They look like small grenades. But wait till you taste them! Could you make them in your fridge? No. Domestic freezers don't get cold…

March 27, 20240Comments ByEmily Zhou

Culture Life

There’s a pharmacy in your kitchen, tradition says

AN OLD MAXIM says: “Food is the medicine you take every day.” This is a relatively new idea in the west, popping up in books like Food Pharmacy (2018). But food therapy is an old belief in China, known Shi Liao. The Chinese have long believed that all naturally occurring foods, including fruits, vegetables, meat…

February 22, 20220Comments ByH.C. Lu

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