Podcast review of ‘Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper’
There was a lovely review of my latest book last week, as part of a podcast from Ithaca, New York. The review comes some way into…
Tea in bed
I’m ill in bed today with the rotten cold that seems to be sweeping through London. And it’s at times like these that I can’t live…
Stinky to sublime
Ask any Chinese chef in England what they think of British pork, and they will almost invariably reply that it has a xing wei (è…¥ 味…
More Beijing duck please
It’s rare to find real Peking duck in London. This is not surprising, partly because the London Chinese restaurant business has traditionally been in the hands…
Chicken with chillies – or chillies with chicken?
I promise I’ll blog about something other than chillies one of these days, but in the meantime… One of the most popular dishes on the menu…
Red hot peppers
Chillies again! At the Abergavenny Food Festival a couple of weeks ago I bought some of the hottest chillies known to man – Dorset Nagas, the…