The joy of potatoes?
According to this piece by Lauren Keane in the Washington Post, the Chinese government is hoping that the potato will help to provide greater food security…
Science vs. Gastronomy
I was just looking through one of my notebooks, and found a rather endearing story. It was in Ningbo, at the end of a fabulous dinner…
Sichuan ya cai – further developments
Another brand of ya cai, bought in London’s Chinatown. Not as good, in my opinion, as the one highlighted in my previous post, but perfectly usable…
Chinese space food!
So this is what Chinese astronauts eat in space, according to an article by Malcolm Moore in the Daily Telegraph, citing an astronaut’s autobiography: “A selection…
Sichuanese preserved vegetable – 芽èœ
I was very happy to discover today that my local Chinese supermarket stocks Sichuanese ya cai 芽èœ, a speciality of the southern Sichuanese city of Yibin,…
A cake, sausage or stew to rule over us?
It’s funny how the UK’s weird and inconclusive general election result has brought out the food metaphors! The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, spoke of a…
Frog ovaries for dinner
When your dinner guests include a scientist who makes ice cream with liquid nitrogen at his own parties, and a food writer and broadcaster who is…