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Twice cooked pork (sometimes also referred to as double-cooked pork belly ) is a dish from Sichuan cuisine that is very popular in China. It is made with pork belly that is first cooked in water until almost cooked, then for the second stir-frying pr..

Chinese pickled cucumber salad with spicy seasonings including chili pepper, Sichuan peppercorn etc. The most famous Chinese cucumber salad is the smashed version, but you must try this one if you are Sichuan food lovers. The Method of "Spicy Mixin..

It is the right season for eggplants and I have to commit that eggplants and mushrooms are my favorite vegetables that can beat the meal meat. It is matched with a very lovely hot garlic sauce. If you are my fellow readers, you may find I posted lo..

Learn how to make classic Tangyuan with running peanut filling. Tang Yuan is a traditional food for Chinese New Year and I ate quite a lot in the past month. The most popular filling is black sesame filling but we have someone love peanut filling in..

CAA Fashion has added Karen Elson to its roster, representing her in all areas. The English model, born in Oldham, notably graced the cover of Italian Vogue at the age of 18, launching her career. She has been on more than 100 magazine covers since, becoming a familiar figure in the fashion industry for more than two decades. On the catwalk, the 4..

Scallion (green onion) noodle is one of the simplest Chinese noodles, using the very basic ingredients fresh alkaline noodles, scallion, oil, soy sauce and sugar. It is provided by almost every street noodle restaurants in many cities. This scallion..

Learn how to make hot and numbing Sichuan style water boiled beef (Shui Zhu Niu Rou) at home. Sichuan style water boiled beef is one of my favorite dishes in restaurants. If you ever tasted it in China, you will crazily love the tenderness of the bee..

Sweet potato glass noodles stir fry with shredded cabbage-another super yummy and simple dish, easy to prepare but bring a big flavor. Glass noodles also known as starch noodles are extremely popular since they have unique smooth texture comparing wi..

Tang Yuan is a popular sweet Chinese dessert, used to celebrate holidays including Lantern Festival (元宵节)and Winter Solstice Festival (冬至), but is served as desserts now and sometimes as breakfast in cold winter mornings. I make TangYuan every year a..

Learn how to make spring roll wrappers (egg roll wrappers or lumpia wrappers) at home with a simplified method, no dough kneading, no long-time fermentation, and only need 15 minutes to make. [embedded content] I keep my promise and have been test..

A shortcut to regular scallion pancakes is introduced here. We are making a scallion pancake from batter directly. Scallion (green onion) pancake is one of our favorite breakfasts. My daughter loves it so much. I have already introduced a more auth..

CANBERRA, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Rare 15th and 16th Century Italian renaissance paintings would be shown in Canberram, Australia this summer for the first time, said National Gallery of Australia's (NGA) on Tuesday. More than 70 works by Raphael, B..