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CHINESE FOOD & HISTORY

Recipes and Commentary

The Blog of Miranda Brown, Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Michigan

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Gluten "sponges" from scratch

This last week, my students from Food Crisis class did a final food preparation lab. This lab explored vegetarian and vegan alternatives...

The Curry Conundrum

A few weeks ago, ‘curry’ popped up on my YellowDig feed. I had just released a blogpost about Massaman curry, and that prompted a...

Vindaloo: A Storied Stew (ASIAN 258)

Like most people, I’ve expanded my cooking repertoire since the pandemic began. In part, I credit Costco for this. On a lark, my husband...

Much Ado About Mochi (ASIAN 258)

お久しぶり 。When Professor Brown heard that I was going to make sakura mochi (Sakura Rice Cakes) for Girls’ Day on March 3, she asked me if...

The Case for Ketchup, a Glorious Mutant (AS 258)

A few weeks ago, we had a crisis at home. Sofi was demanding Dino-nuggets, but we were out of ketchup. This took us by surprise. Like...

Biryani, Rice Fit For an Emperor (ASIAN 258)

In March 2012, a chance trip to a restaurant changed my life. No, I didn’t meet Barak Obama, the Dali Lama, or Brad Pitt. For the budding...

Dumpling Therapy (ASIAN 258)

About a year ago, I awoke to find the famous dumpling map whirling around on the interwebs. That map, lifted (!#@) from Rachel Laudan’s...

Vegan Cheese: A Historian's Take on the War on Words

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet -- Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Mr. Shakespeare was...

The Great Noodle Debate

My first encounter with food history was in the sixth grade. One evening, my father came home to tell us over dinner that he had served...

ASIAN 258: Mangle the Recipe, A Moral Conundrum?

January 6, 2021 was supposed to be another gloomy morning in Ann Arbor. At about 9 am, I awoke, still groggy from a night of wrestling...

ASIAN 258: Welcome to Asian Food and Drink

Ever wonder why Asians put tapioca pearls in milk tea? The origins of sushi, tempura, or ramen? Or whether it’s disrespectful to Chinese...

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