And this is in a country where very few people look up from their cell phones while they walk…
Author Archives: Thomas DuBois
Fake brands, the more things change
From my hotel in Shanghai.
Ganba (干巴) Yunnan dried beef
Like any dried meat, the finished ganba is rock hard, and intensely flavorful.
Trends in China’s Dairy Industry, upcoming talk at Fudan University
Yunnan fresh cheese — in the factory!
The woman making the cheese was a genuine expert–with her two burners running, it was like watching an 80s DJ spin turntables
Chinese dairy visit
Yesterday I visited a farm in Dali, Yunnan. The big companies buy the milk from farms like this one, which has about 100 head of dairy cattle.
Yunnan fresh cheese–how it’s made
The process for making fresh cheese known as “milk fans” is just like ricotta…until it’s not
Shanghai!
Shanghai is like nowhere in the world. It is one of a very few places that just demands to be written with an exclamation point.
And now I am in it.
Ithaca Airport Run!
Run around the airport runway. Misa had an injury all week, but of course she did great! Tomorrow is the 5&10!
Kitchen lab: Whey miso soup
Some people ask “whey?”
We ask, “whey not?”