Learning to use chopsticks in China is easy. Learning when not to use them is hard. Dinner in Shanghai – my home for the past two years – is rarely eaten alone. A dinner is the sort of grand occasion…
Living healthy in China is exceedingly hard
a.k.a. How to survive Shanghai despite your daily diet of gutter oil and smog.
Cooking Chinese Food is all about the oil
My (very basic) understanding of Chinese Cooking goes like this: Always make sure the wok is already smoking before you add oil. When you think you’ve added enough oil, add two more teaspoons. Or heck, a ladleful while you’re at it….