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Do It Yourself and create arts, decorations, projects and more with the Feast guide.

The Secret Ingredient
Long have the days passed since I was a starving college student, eating mashed potato sandwiches (with half an avocado if I felt extravagant.) I’ve certainly had my fair share of delicious things not found on a menu, enough so that I can survive a full day’s worth of meals.
By Amos Gladeabout 7 hours ago in Feast
Fish-Head Drinking Isn’t a Shandong Rule. I Lived There 40 Years and Never Saw It.
Last winter, in a small restaurant in Jinan, a fish stew in an iron pot had just arrived. A Shandong man turned the fish head toward me and asked, “Is fish-head drinking really that fierce in Henan?”
By Jin3 days ago in Feast
I Cooked 16 Flowers in One Spring. One Numbed My Tongue.
Eating Flowers The first time someone told me daylilies could be eaten, I put my chopsticks down. The plate was already on the table: green-yellow buds, thin and straight, mixed with pork slices. I asked, “This is a flower?” Nobody answered. My aunt took a piece and put it in my bowl. I ate it. It tasted like a mushroom that had learned to be tender. I ate three bowls of rice.
By Jin3 days ago in Feast
I Was Broke Every Payday Until I Quit These 3 Buying Habits
Street interview. A reporter asks, "How much savings do you have?" People say, "Money comes, money goes. I can't save anything."
By Jin4 days ago in Feast
Crunchy Turkey Supreme Experiment
Alright, so my next writing prompt is: Write about something memorable you ate that you'd never find on a restaurant menu. Hm, well, it may not be exactly what you asked for, but I'll do my best! Enjoy!
By Rain Dayze4 days ago in Feast
I Did the Math on a 369-Yuan Hotel Breakfast Card. It Only Works for One Type of Person.
A hotel in Dongxihu, Wuhan, sells a 369-yuan breakfast card. It covers 30 days, one visit per day. The single-visit price is 68 yuan. Card holders pay about 12.3 yuan each morning.
By Jin9 days ago in Feast
The 2.6 Millimeters Between My Phone and My Hand
It happened on a Tuesday, or maybe a Wednesday. I was eating lunch at my desk, watching something on my phone that I have already forgotten. The phone was propped against a tissue box, and it stayed there for maybe three minutes before it slid forward and landed face-down in a bowl of soup. I picked it up, grabbed two tissues, wiped the screen, and kept watching. That is the part I think about now: I kept watching. The soup dried into a thin orange film on the phone case for another week before I cleaned it properly.
By Jin10 days ago in Feast
The Orange Peel Waterfall: A Lesson in Being Seen
One photo shows orange peels pouring down from a stall. From a distance, it looks like a bowl of noodles overflowing onto the street. Another shows a huge skeleton propped up in front of a barbecue stand. A third reveals a supermarket owner who used dried chilies and garlic cloves to arrange faces on cabbages. The vegetables look alive.
By Jin10 days ago in Feast
The Night I Sold My Soul to a Hot Glue Gun
The parent chat group buzzed at four in the afternoon. "Please use the weekend to create a handmade Mid-Autumn lantern with your child. Bring it to school on Monday morning."
By Jin10 days ago in Feast
I Broke Down That Viral $25 Takeout Bill. The Restaurant Got $6.08.
The bill Customer side: meal 25 yuan, packaging 1.5 yuan, total 26.5 yuan. Merchant side: promotion subsidy 10 yuan, delivery subsidy 4.31 yuan, platform service fee 6.1 yuan, merchant gets 6.08 yuan.
By Jin11 days ago in Feast
The Meal They Can’t Afford: Inside Japan’s “Cancel Eating” Trend
In the summer of 2026, a phrase spread across Japanese social media: “Shokuji Kyanseru Kaiwai.” Literally translated, it means “the meal-canceling community.” Young people use it to describe an everyday act: skipping a proper meal and reserving the time or money for something else. The phrase is light, playful, carrying the composure of “I choose.” It was quickly picked up and amplified by mainstream media, becoming the newest member of the “cancel” series, after “cancel bathing” and “cancel cooking.”
By Jin12 days ago in Feast
I Make 50,000 Yuan a Month. I Still Eat 20-Yuan Fast Food.
Yes. If I made 50,000 yuan a month, I would still eat 20-yuan fast food. Not to look humble. Not to save money. Not because I dislike expensive restaurants. I would probably spend the first few months eating everything I used to skip: Japanese food, French food, steak, private kitchens, tasting menus, Michelin stars. Whatever I could reach, I would try. People who lacked something tend to overcorrect. Appetite, held down too long, wants a season of excess.
By Jin12 days ago in Feast