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...

An eleventh-century anecdote about cooking with the head.

Tips for what to do with chestnuts from the Ming Dynasty.

Tips for storing chestnuts from the Ming Dynasty.

饌茶而幻出物象于湯面者，茶匠通神之藝也。沙門福全，生於金鄉，長於茶海，能注湯幻茶成一句詩，並點四甌，共一絕句，泛乎湯表。小小物類，唾手辦耳。檀越日造門求觀湯戲，全自詠曰： 生成盞裏水丹青， 巧畫工夫學不成。 卻笑當時陸鴻漸， 煎茶贏得好名聲。 In tea...

Something special to celebrate the birth of my first piece of homemade tofu in France.