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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 Jin5 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 Jin5 days ago in Feast
I Ate My Way Through China’s Ethnic Minority Cities. Here’s What You Should Order.
Chinese ethnic minority food is not on a menu. It is by the fire pit, in the night market, in the morning wet market, outside a tent on the grassland, between a mother’s palms. You have to go to the city, walk into the alley, sit down, and accept a bowl of steaming food to understand it. Flavor is how a people live with a piece of land.
By Jin5 days ago in Feast
Something to Think About
One of the most unusual things I've ever eaten was prepared by the same person that taught me to fix smoked oyster stew. I'm sure that sounds awful enough to some of you, but I assure you, its rich, buttery, smoky flavor will tickle your taste buds like you can't imagine. For those readers that aren't fans of oysters, you should know that the smoked ones you can buy in the rectangular tins with the peel-back top are solid, slime-free, and savory.
By Dana Crandell5 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 Jin6 days ago in Feast
Closing the Emotional Buffet.
The word mistress implies a secret. It suggests a woman hidden away in the dark, kept under lock and key, brought out only when it is convenient, and tucked back into the shadows when the real world demands attention. But an emotional mistress doesn’t hide her body; she hides her soul. She is the woman who leaves the door to her mind wide open, allowing broken, fragile, hollow men to walk inside, dust their boots off, dump their heavy baggage on her rug, and drink until they are full.
By Syl De'Vil7 days ago in Feast
Spiced Mushroom Pie
Vegan ✅ Healthy ✅ Serves 4-6 People ✅ Okay, so I've just had a great idea. I love tandoori spiced mushrooms and it's also autumn/winter. Why don't I put it into a pie? A perfectly spiced mushroom pie with flavours that can warm the soul complete with homemade pastry that's easier to make than any pastry you will make in your life. If you think this pie is on the strange side let's put it this way: I normally really dislike pie and even I ate this one. AND I enjoyed it...
By Annie Kapur9 days ago in Feast
Hello Fall
The air is now cool and crisp in the mornings. The leaves on the trees are beginning to change colors and fall to the ground. The 'ber months have officially begun. In honor of the season change and a very exciting start to autumn, I will be sharing a fall-inspired recipe today that is simple and delicious. This is my fall-inspired sheet pan meal. This is a crowd-pleasing recipe that makes six servings. The recipe is also kid friendly even being approved my kids who are very picky eaters. This is also an economical meal as the ingredients are fairly inexpensive and easy to source from a grocery store and/or garden. It is nutrient dense and packed with healthy ingredients. It is my hope that sharing this recipe and others like it will help solve the age-old question, "What's for dinner?" Leftovers from this sheet pan meal also serve as a delicious, quick, and easy lunch for the next day. This meal should be eaten within three days of it being prepared to ensure the freshest flavor.
By Michelle G9 days ago in Feast
Why Mars Will Never Be Our Mid-Autumn Moon
The moon shows up every year. Mars shows up when it feels like it, walks backward, and makes us wait 780 days. On Mid-Autumn night, the moon rises. The mooncake on the table is cut into eight pieces. The old man says, Look, there is a rabbit in the moon. The child looks for a long time and says, No. The old man says, There is. You will see it when you grow up.
By Jin10 days ago in Feast
Sugar-Free Mooncakes Are Not a Free Pass
A week before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the supermarket shelves were packed with mooncakes. Tin boxes, paper boxes, lava-filled, snow-skin. One row said “sugar-free,” and the price was about thirty percent higher than ordinary mooncakes.
By Jin11 days ago in Feast
My Mom Mails Me Five-Kernel Mooncakes Every Year. The Rest of China Eats Something Else.
I When my mother’s package arrived, Mid-Autumn had already passed by three days. The box was from China Post, wrapped in three layers of green tape. I cut it open. Inside was old newspaper. Inside the newspaper was a tin box. The box said “Five-Kernel Mooncake” in gold characters on a red background. One corner had chipped, exposing bare metal. I opened it. Ten cakes, each wrapped in oil paper. The paper was soaked through with oil, translucent. Through it I could see bits of green and red candied strips.
By Jin11 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 Jin11 days ago in Feast