There Is No Chilli. The ChiliCult Manifesto.
There is no chilli. When a product tells you “chilli” in its ingredients, it’s lying. The pictures you see, of…
Netflix and Chilli Crisp
“Dark Cuisine” made the combination of ice cream with chilli crisp, a Sichuan-style chilli oil, famous… at least as an…
Fossa Chocolate – Ticket to Chinese-Malayan Flavors
While we cannot travel now, we can experience the culinary creativity and flavors of different places. For the fascinating cuisine…
Ma-La in the Garden, 2021
Sichuan pepper and sansho are starting into the new year; I am starting with the chilli again. Of course, given…
The True Healing Powers of Spicy Foods
Chile peppers are such a peculiarly fiery sensation, of course we’d wonder if they can’t just burn away a cold,…
Yunnan Crossing-the-Bridge Noodles and More Naxi Food in Shuhe Ancient Town
In Shuhe, the other ancient town near – and by now, basically in – Lijiang, I didn’t only end up…
Shuhe Old Town… and Standing in Vegetable Fields in China as a Stranger
Given my focus on “Red Hot China,” the search for insight into the chilli’s importance in this fascinating country, even…
The Chilli City of Zunyi, the World Capital of Chilli
Everything seems big in China, but it may still come as a surprise that China is one of the world’s…
Tibetan Food and Chilli in the Himalayas
My journey along the Tea-Horse-Road ended – aside from the trip onwards, on the trail of the golden chilli –…
On the Local (Wet) Market in Shangri-la
A (last) step into the Tibetan part of Yunnan, and of course I went to a local market there, too….