The stories behind

It's the best thing to bite, pandeyuca we all must have Pandeyuca is a gem from colonial times our grandparents didn´t know how without...

From Eleanor Ford's 'Fire Islands' Hormonal imbalance had me sleeping most time, and so I missed large parts of the trip my parents and I...

Twice a year, every year, during Christmas time and Easter, my mom would spend a few hours in the kitchen cooking potatoes, carrots,...

My dear friend, My letter will probably not reveal many “news”, since the confinement has made daily activities often repetitive and,...

Taiadele col conejo, Bigoi col ragù de anara, Faraona rosta, Bisato in umido, Linguine alle vongole e limone, Folpetti e patate, I kept...

When my mother announced that she was leaving Poland with my father, back to his native country - Ecuador, my grandmother thought she...

- …that reminds me of the Christmas when Mark - - Here we go… Enough mom, don't start with those stories of yours again. Jeez!, it's...

Dear Mrs. Diana Henry, Nowadays, buying a good cookbook has become an overwhelming task; there are just too many of them. Chefs,...

The oat noodle I have in the mountains is white and chewy, Give you a mouthful of flavor, Fill your belly substantially, And energize you...

Twenty years had passed since they had last seen each other, Julia thought as she brought the fork to her mouth. The carrot cake was...

Imagine, dear reader, a table with a myriad of plates of all sizes and shapes, with foods of various colors that emanate succulent aromas...

Basler, B. (1990, April 08). FARE OF THE COUNTRY; Hong Kong's Mystery Chicken. Retrieved from The New York Times:...

"Then the beggar's chicken. It looked at first like a foil-wrapped whole bird, but he undid it, folded back layers of crinkly baking...

Inviting people for dinner at home has become a real challenge. Chances that one or many of our friends are either celiac, vegetarian,...

ICC. (2015). Coffee in China. Retrieved from http://www.ico.org/documents/cy2014-15/icc-115-7e-study-china.pdf Angelico, I. (Director)....

“This coffee falls into your stomach, and straightway there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move like the battalions of the Grand...

Dear M., I can’t remember whether I mentioned it in my last letter -or not-, that recently, my friends and I started a Cookbook club,...

“They’re called ‘classics’ for a reason”, goes the saying when it comes to food. Ayi sure believes so. “They just don’t resemble those...

Memory is fragile, people often forget, spirits and vampires I was set out to chase, all of the times I’ve been invoked to protect, a...

Afzal, M., Ali , M., Thomson , M., & Armstron , D. (2000). Garlic and its medicinal potential. Inflammopharmacology, 8(2), 123–148....

I am brushing my teeth for the second time and stuffing a piece of chewing gum into my mouth, praying that the ultra potent radioactive...

In recent years our Christmas have been exotic and colorful, different cities, different cultures. Once we celebrated it in Kota Kinabalu...

Anderson, E. (1988). The Food of China. New Haven: Yale University Press. Da, Q., Qing , Z., Shi , Y., Hui, Y., Yi , P., & Yong, G....

* Beer duck (Chinese: 啤酒鸭; pinyin: pí​jiǔ yā) “Whenever there was money in his pocket, he soon found himself sitting in the ryoriten*,...

Anderson, E. (1988). The Food of China. New Haven: Yale University Press. Chang, K. (1977). Food in Chinese Culture. London: Yale...

*Crispy red beans with pickled vegetables (Chinese: 腌菜酥红豆; pinyin: yāncài sū hóngdòu) Before I proceed to the next Chapter, because I...

Anderson Jr., E., & Anderson, M. (1977). Modern China: South. In K. (. Chang, Food in Chinese Culture (pp. 317-382). New Haven: Yale...

What was sickening about a tomato sandwich? Harriet felt the taste in her mouth. Were they crazy? It was the best taste in the world. Her...

Chung, J., Lai, H., & Joo, J.-H. (2009, 03). Assessing the "Revive the Northeast" (zhenxing dongbei) Programme: Origins, Policies and ...

*Spring-pancake (Chinese: 春饼; pinyin: chūnbǐng) Nothing conjures memories of place and time more evocatively than food, and this is...

Mrs. Sung has a new kitchen-god. The old one-he who has presided over the household this twelvemonth-has returned to the Celestial...

Anderson, E. N. (2014). Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Brown...