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Source: Global Times Published: May 19, 2013 18:03
“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are,” said French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. It is a motto that many food lovers take to heart, and highlights the deep links between identity, culture and food. Now, particularly against the backdrop of growing food security concern...
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Source: Global Times Published: May 16, 2013 18:38
Zhiqing (educated youth who participated in the Down to the Countryside Movement during the Cultural Revolution, 1966-76), longtang (lane) culture, as well as traditional teahouses, are usually only glimpsed in TV series today, if they are seen at all. However, the Global Times has found some restau...
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Source: Global Times Published: May 09, 2013 17:23
In today’s globalized world, we are confronted with choices every day, and perhaps no place represents that better than the aisle of sauces and condiments at a Chinese grocery store. There are literally hundreds of bottles of different sauces, pastes and oils, each with different coloring and labeli...
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Source: Xinhua Published: May 06, 2013 09:19
One in five British families had to borrow money or use saving to cover food costs in April, a new survey showed on Sunday.
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Source: Global Times Published: April 27, 2013 00:50
Dining is one of the few times each day when we’re able to indulge and have things our way. Within the past couple of weeks, though, with constant news reports of the ever-encroaching H7N9, it has turned it into somewhat of an anxious affair. Now, whenever I go out to eat with friends, Chinese...
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Source: Global Times Published: April 16, 2013 18:13
There have been complaints recently about the rising prices of books, exclaiming that reading books has become “luxurious.” And as a matter of fact, without exaggeration some books are truly luxury goods, unaffordable for ordinary readers.
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Source: Global Times Published: April 13, 2013 09:43
When this time of year rolls around, people quote a line from Chinese poet Li Bai to treat the seasonal travel itch: “Head to Yangzhou in springtime.” This city in Jiangsu Province is known not only for its landscape, but also for its cuisine, Huaiyang Cuisine, the food of my hometown wh...
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Source: Global Times Published: March 28, 2013 19:38
Easter Sunday, like the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland, has always struggled to keep a firm schedule. The day that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the Christian Calendar, Easter Sunday continually hops dates from year to year.
A quick glance at the range of imported goods in Be...
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Source: Global Times Published: March 15, 2013 17:23
In the megacities of today’s China, the arrival of spring merely means a change of wardrobe. For most of China’s history, though, it has signified a return to working the fields and feasting on fresh meals after a long winter. In the countryside of northern China you can still see people following t...
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Source: Global Times Published: February 28, 2013 17:58
Holidays are synonymous with feasts. During Spring Festival, many of us had our fair share of delicious food – savory, greasy, spicy, sweet, nutritious… But after all those happy gatherings, we look down at our paunchy bellies filled with holiday feasts, prompting us to vow the age-old resolution of...
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