Food, food culture, food as culture and the cultures that grow our food

Dumplings

March 29, 2004

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Egg dumplings

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Porridges and Fruit Soup

March 28, 2004

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From Top Left; millet porridge, black and white rice porridge with red dates, sweet adzuki bean porridge

From Bottom Left; wonton soup, je ne sais quoi, fruit soup with plums, lychee and some prickly sweet fruit not mentioned in Jane Grigson’s Fruit book.

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Attempt #1: Learning to Love Stinky Tofu

March 27, 2004

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The Chinese call it ‘Stinky Tofu’. And they’re not lying. It’s aged tofu that many a left coast university student has inadvertently made by just leaving the tofu to its own devices.

Eating Stinky Tofu requires acquiring an acquired taste. Every image of this food in my Chinese Food point-it will represent an attempt to acquire a love for this dish.
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