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Category Archives: milk

New article: Branding and retail strategy in the condensed milk trade

tasty history…

Posted byThomas DuBoisNovember 28, 2019March 2, 2024Posted inEssays and interviews, milk, ResearchTags:newsLeave a comment on New article: Branding and retail strategy in the condensed milk trade

Driving Forces Behind China’s Agri-Food FDI

New article at Asia Global Online

Posted byThomas DuBoisAugust 15, 2019August 15, 2019Posted inEssays and interviews, milk, ResearchLeave a comment on Driving Forces Behind China’s Agri-Food FDI

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

Posted byThomas DuBoisAugust 5, 2019August 5, 2019Posted inmilk, Pictures, RecipesTags:China, milk, squash

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

Posted byThomas DuBoisOctober 20, 2018Posted inmilk, Recipes, ResearchTags:China, Dali, milkLeave a comment on Yunnan fresh cheese — in the factory!

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.

Posted byThomas DuBoisOctober 19, 2018March 2, 2024Posted inmilkTags:China, food, milk, travel

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

Posted byThomas DuBoisOctober 17, 2018March 2, 2024Posted inmilkTags:food, milk, travel, Yunnan6 Comments on Yunnan fresh cheese–how it’s made

Kitchen lab: Whey miso soup

Some people ask “whey?”

We ask, “whey not?”

Posted byThomas DuBoisSeptember 9, 2018September 9, 2018Posted indried foods, milk, miso, Recipe reviewTags:recipe2 Comments on Kitchen lab: Whey miso soup

Food and culture in Yunnan

Everything passed through Yunnan: goods, armies and culture.

Posted byThomas DuBoisJune 19, 2018June 19, 2018Posted inmilk, Pictures, ResearchLeave a comment on Food and culture in Yunnan

Cheese fans in Kunming!

No, I didn’t meet a tour group from Wisconsin…

Posted byThomas DuBoisMay 30, 2018Posted indried foods, milk2 Comments on Cheese fans in Kunming!

My talk in Shanghai–fun clip

Here’s a few minute-long clip from my talk at NYU-Shanghai last February

Posted byThomas DuBoisApril 19, 2018April 23, 2018Posted inmilk, Pictures, Research, VideoTags:China, development, milkLeave a comment on My talk in Shanghai–fun clip

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Lixia 立夏, Summer begins

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Cuisine along China’s Grand Canal

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Xian 苋, The tasty surprise lurking in your garden

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