There is no chilli. When a product tells you “chilli” in its ingredients, it’s lying. The pictures you see, of…
A farmer’s “wet” market right on the edge of the touristy old town of Lijiang? Not exactly what one would…
Lijiang was curious. There was not so little chilli in the markets, not so little chilli among the souvenirs. Ask…
One of my long-standing fascinations around the chilli is the way it can often – together with other edible plants…
On the trail of the chilli in Yunnan, going along the Tea Horse Road (after a touristy fashion), the colleague…
After an ancho chilli chocolate gelato that Giorgio of Leones Gelato and I had created years ago, after my experiences…
Ice cream, spicy? And in China? Sounds strange, isn’t just “dark cuisine.” Especially with Sichuan pepper, there is actually great…
Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou, is an odd place. Not much of it feels very modern, not much of it…
Chongqing hot pot is always talked about as boiling cauldrons of fire. As an experience that is loud and interesting,…
Sichuan pepper (huajiao) as a spice is often labeled as Zanthoxylum piperitum – which is Japanese pepper, sanshou.