Pig ears set sail for China…
You can read my piece about the new Sino-British pork deal that will bring shiploads of British pig’s ears to China in today’s FT magazine. Photographs:…
Feeding gods and ghosts in Taiwan
Some tables of food offerings outside shops and restaurants in Tainan, southern Taiwan:
Gastronomic tour of China!
I’m very happy to report that I’ll be leading a gastronomic tour of China from October 13-24 this year, in conjunction with WildChina, a specialist travel…
Happy New Year!
Last year I gave you a few photographs of Chinese New Year in Hunan, 2004. This year, here are a couple of photographs of Chinese New…
Books interview
The Browser have just published an interview with me about five books on Chinese food.
A Chinese cheese tasting
My piece about inviting some chefs in Shaoxing (known for its stinky beancurd and other smelly fermented foods) to taste a selection of fairly whiffy Neal’s…
Sunday night supper
“Hmm, this black garlic is delicious.” “Actually it’s made from the single-cloved garlic of Sichuan.” “Is that like the wild elephant garlic of Iran?” Such is…
Happy New Year!
Photographs from Chinese New Year’s Eve in Hunan, 2004. New Year’s Eve feast
Banquets in Washington DC and Changsha
Chinese President Hu Jintao was honoured with a state banquet at the White House last night. Apparently he and his entourage had requested a ‘quintessentially American’…
Hunanese government award!
At the conference today I received a Hunanese government award for contributions to the internationalisation of Hunan cuisine! It was worth getting up at what seemed…