More reasons to enjoy this early-summer delight.

One more reason to grow ginger.

A tale from the Liexian zhuan 列仙傳.

An account from the Dongpo zhilin 東坡志林.

A 13th-century account of hot pot.

A moment with taro.

From a seventeenth-century account of the customs and exotics in southern China.

A summer-autumn delicacy.

A Chinese account of figs from a 17th-century gardening manual.

Trying another way of preserving pears.

Killing time like a sophisticated recluse.

A bit of cultural misunderstanding.

Seasonal veggie again: daikon radish

A seasonal recipe from the 18th century.

By Yuan Mei 袁枚 (1716-1798) the foodie again.

How not to use pork fat

Four 18th-century recipes for pig knuckles from the Suiyuan shida 隨園食單.

A tofu recipe from the Qing dynasty

Two suggestions for an autumn delight from the thirteenth century.

黃佐《湛子宅夜宴和呂子仲木邊爐詩》 “At a night banquet in Master Zhan’s mansion, in response to the hot pot poem by Master Lü, [courtesy name] Zhongmu” by...