In 2003, I had just started working at the National University of Singapore, and not long after that, something else came to Singapore–SARS.
Author Archives: Thomas DuBois
Food studies in Beijing
We all knew it would come to this.
New article: Branding and retail strategy in the condensed milk trade
tasty history…
Driving Forces Behind China’s Agri-Food FDI
New article at Asia Global Online
Wowotou, an ode
those lovely dimpled buns that you get in north China
Heze sheep bone soup
This soup was some of the best I have ever had. The bones gave it an incredible richness and a milky white color
Tom teaches a cooking class!
Squeezed in between classes about composting and Chinese medicine, we made a basic fresh cheese, followed by two simple dishes of beets and kabocha squash
Why I’m not on TV
I promise that I wasn’t trying to be ridiculous.
Cattle market day
This week I visited two separate markets. the first set of pictures is from Shebaitu, which is about 50km north of Tongliao, and the second is from Kailu, which is about 100k to the southwest. Shebaitu Kailu The markets themselves were both pretty similar. Start in the afternoon (1:00 or 1:30), and trade until theContinue reading “Cattle market day”
Tongliao! China’s beefiest cattle market
The Shebotu market is still about half the size it will be at its peak later in the summer
Thomas David DuBois 