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…
A brand called Malebranche? In Kyoto, Japan? What is that even supposed to mean?