Better than braised pork belly? Yes, it is possible!
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Ancient “beer” (except it’s not)
This was an unqualified success. This technique would be incredibly
attractive to ancient people.
San 糝: 3,000-year-old rice cakes (10th century BCE)
I made these using a cup of cooked rice that I smashed up with a mortar and pestle into a sticky paste
鵪鶉茄 Chinese eggplant from the 12th century
Nine hundred year old eggplant? Bring it on!
Elm bark noodles 榆皮面
The noodles didn’t taste like much, and felt somehow inorganic. Nor was their brief stay in my gut a particularly pleasant one.
Yak four ways!
so much yak, so very much yak
Sesame oil noodles 香油葱油面
Can you really use sesame oil for frying? Let’s find out!
辣子鸡 Chicken among the red lanterns
Includes: one recipe and one uncle joke
Kitchen lab: Whey miso soup
Some people ask “whey?”
We ask, “whey not?”
Gnocchi with kale, mushroom and salami (thanks, ALDI!)
This is a quick and easy dish, the hardest part being washing up