Food Inc
Last night I went to a press screening of Food Inc, Robert Kenner’s film about the corporate takeover of the American (and global) agricultural and food…
Grandmother’s cooking æ…ˆæ¯èœ
I’m sure many readers of this blog will be familiar with Michael Pollan and his work – especially the eminently sensible, and absolutely timely polemic In…
Comfort food on a cold day
One of the great things about having Chinese friends is that they really know how to look after you when you’re ill! I dropped into the…
Who’s calling who greasy?
An illuminating little story from Sichuan, told to me by my friend Dai Shuang, the wife and business partner of the Sichuanese chef Yu Bo (who…