I had first heard about Hong Kong’s Cheung Chau Bun Festival by watching My Life as McDull, an existential cartoon about a Hong Kongese pig who trains to climb a mountain of Chinese steamed buns. A mountain of Chinese steamed buns!?! At first I thought such a thing was made up, until I saw real [...]
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Disappearing Foods of America
I couldn’t resist posting this map of Disappearing Foods in America from the NYTimes after I found the link via Eating Asia. The related article about how Gary Paul Nabhan, a food historian, has come out with a new book on ingredients (plant and animal) once vital to American culture that are now endangered or [...]
Lucky Nectarines
I first saw these nectarines at a park in Guangzhou, dangling from a tree as part of a botanical exhibit. I learned from my dad that they (the nectarine growers) put some sort of a sticker over the fruit before it ripens to block out light and create a lettering effect. Quite clever, I must [...]
