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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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Taro Tapioca

If tapioca pudding doesn’t sound like a Chinese food, you’d be right. In my mother’s kitchen, it was much more. It was also medicine.

In Defense of the ‘Gram

Feel like social media is spoiling dinner? Read this post about good old fashioned Chinese conviviality. You may change your mind.

Madame Wu’s Buttery Sesame Cookies

Song-dynasty cooks liked their butter. Here is a recipe for a crispy sesame cookie from China's South.

On the Ethics of Food Art, East and West

Should people take offense to desserts made to resemble pets? This blog explores the career of such desserts East and West.

On ‘Clean’ Chinese Food

Open less than six months, Lucky Lee’s has gotten off to a rough start. The decision of the owners, Lee and Arielle Haspel, to market...

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