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Fruit in China
Useful article about fruit in China, including a handy English-Chinese Pinyin Fruit Dictionary and some cool photos.Food & DrinkFruitsalad
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Fruits for a Chinese Summer
There is an old Chinese saying that describes summer in the country quite honestly: "north and south generally have similar temperatures." That being said, the fruits available in summer months...Food...
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How to Make Congee Like a Chinese Badass
Are you missing out on experiencing as local Chinese do? Want to know the inside scoop on how to make the delicious delicacy known as congee, or rice porridge ("粥")?...Food & Drinkhow-to...
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Industry body seeking Beijing ban for Nongfu Spring water
The Bottled Water Sales Association of Beijing published a notice yesterday saying that Nongfu Spring water was not only in violation of national standards but also guilty of false advertising...Food...
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China's Latest Environmental Initiative— Banning Outdoor Barbeque
The move threatens to stamp out the highly popular outdoor food stalls that line Beijing alleys during the warmer months, selling cheap barbecue skewers and icy beer to customers sitting...Food &...
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The man bringing cheese to Beijing
Liu Yang is selling something most Chinese don’t have the tongue for. Le Fromager de Pekin is the only artisan cheese shop in Beijing that's run by Chinese people.Food & DrinkcheesebeijingLiu...
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Yunnan's green fairy – exploring the hazy world of Chinese absinthe
There is a lesson to be learned somewhere in here but we have forgotten, or rather, expunged from memory, what that lesson is. One thing we do know is that...Food & Drinkabsinthealcoholgreen...
View ArticleEight Regional Cooking Cuisines of China
Learn about the eight regional cuisines of China...it might not be wise to read this article on an empty stomach.Food & Drinkregional...
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Megabites with Dandoval: Tibetan raw yak meat and cold tongue
The taste of rat only whetted our appetite for the new, the different, the other. We'd heard that some of the restaurants in the Tibetan quarter of Wuhouci had yak...Food &...
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A 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...Food &...
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Gettin' Boozy in Beijing: I Sample Some of China's Most Popular Beers
Although beer brewing in China dates back to as early as 7000 BC, it’s only become really popular in the last few decades. Since then, like everything else in the...Food & DrinkChinese BeerChinese...
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Bamboozled!
With swimsuit season in full swing, many will be keen to keep the greasy meat out of their recipes and turn to lighter ingredients that will freshen their day. Bamboo...Food & DrinkBamboo...
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In Cod We Trust: Sea Cucumber, Steamed Urchin, and Penis Fish. Delish!
To Westerner’s palettes, Chinese cuisine can sometimes seem pretty strange. There’s universal culture shock when you realise that the Cantonese-fusion food from your favorite Chinese takeout is a world...
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Galaxy Soho's Homophobic Statement Was Apparently Result Of "One Bigoted...
Carl Setzer, owner of Great Leap Brewing -- one of the primary organizers of the Craft Beer Festival on Friday and Saturday at Galaxy Soho -- has informed us that...Food & DrinkGalaxy...
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Time of the Mangosteen
Now is the best time to enjoy the purple mangosteen, a sweet tropical fruit called shān zhú in Mandarin. Eating it is a tricky business but with this visual guide...Food & DrinkFruitmangosteenasia...
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Official thinks international food safety standards are unrealistic for...
Officials: better for the food industry to "use its own risk assessment methods to establish its own food safety." It's ok though, the population is too large here anyway...Food &...
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Mushroom season in Yunnan is also a time to know what exactly you are eating...
Every year in Yunnan inexperienced foragers and unscrupulous vendors end up poisoning themselves or others when they collect toxic fungi. Such is the case this year in Yuxi (玉溪), where...Food &...
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Mega Bites with Dandoval: Sea cucumber, jellyfish heads, and frog legs
Inspired by the many sea creatures we've spotted at the Qingshiqiao fish and seafood market in the city center we went on some search missions around the area until we...Food & Drinkchengdusea...
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All The Chips in China
Pepsi and Chicken flavor, Chicken and Pizza flavor, these are not Willy Wonka’s latest ‘meal in a chewing gum’ varieties but just two of the bizarre kinds of chips you...Food &...
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China's Culinary Diversity in One Map
Yet what most Americans think of as "Chinese food" is actually a hodgepodge of distinct cuisines.Food & DrinkChinachinese foodcuisinemapCulinary
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