Towards the end of 2018, Marukyu Koyamaen released limited editions of Ittekisui (Kin), Mannen no Midori, and Jōkō matcha. Favorites…
Chocolate may be the most misunderstood of democratized luxuries. Some of the recent innovation, especially with “Ruby Cacao,” in this…
Once upon a time, in the spring of 2018, European chips producer Chio thought to challenge its customers with Habanero…
Imagine a brand like Hershey’s coming out with a range of chocolate bars that aim at a rather gourmet audience,…
Cultural appropriation, once again, finds itself in the discussion thanks to Jamie Oliver’s (ready-made, apparently) “Jerk Rice”. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. In England,…
Learning something from China about tomatoes seems a strange proposition, but xihongshi jidan tang, the Chinese tomato-egg(drop) soup offers an…
Preserving fruits, certainly in Austria, tends to mean making marmalade. If you don’t want to eat sweet breads, hardly ever…
Hong Shao Rou, Red-Braised Pork. It is often presented as a Shanghai dish. For someone from Hunan, however, it is…
June/July, high time for an update. A pretty long one, now that everything’s growing. Well, okay, not everything. I had…