Have you ever been to Panda Gourmet? Its a Chinese restaurant on the outskirts of Washington DC with something of a cultish following because of its

These are some of the public events that Im doing during my current US book tour, in case anyones interested! (With thanks to my friend Penny

Today is the official publication day of my latest book, Land of Fish and Rice: Recipes from the Culinary Heart of China! It’s a collection of

Im very happy to announce that the reprint of Land of Plenty (the US edition of Sichuan Cookery, my Sichuan cookbook) is now on sale. To

Vast numbers of jellyfish have been invading British beaches this summer, to the consternation of tourists and local people. Perhaps we should just find out which

The seamy side of Chinese gastronomy was in the headlines again this week, as fourteen police officers in Shenzhen were suspended and a police chief put

In October, I took another group of adventurers on a gastronomic tour of China, from Beijing, through Xian, Chengdu and Hangzhou, to Shanghai. Its always a

We pulled the crayfish apart, sucking the juices from their heads and chomping through the claws, devoured their sweet flesh, deeply infused with the flowery scent

If youre paranoid about eating MSG, or just interested in the subject, you might like to listen to this American PRI discussion in which Dr Katharine

I was very interested to see this article on the Guardian website, highlighting the threat to sharks from tuna fishing. Basically, enormous numbers of sharks are