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More than just yummy and exotic:
understand Chinese cuisine Jan.03.2018 |
Understand Chinese cuisine-2: food and season
Jan.17.2018 |
What is Chinese Food indeed? Chinese Food vs. American Chinese Food
Jan.25.2018 |
What is truly Chinese about Chinese cuisine? What is the core of Chinese culture in everyday Chinese food?
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What connects Chinese people with the land they live on? What is Chinese chefs' answer to our relations with nature?
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Why are your Chinese friends so shocked when you call Sesame chicken and General Tso's beef Chinese food?
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The psychology of eating
Feb.06.2018 |
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What is the point of eating? Is it only to satisfy a need for survival? Does eating truly make people happy and satisfied?
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What is so different about Chinese cookbooks and American cookbooks (other than language)? Why are they different?
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How do names of food shape how we think of food? Or do they? Does it matter to call it beef vs. "cow meat"?
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Dexterous Force(巧力/巧劲):
the art of using a little to achieve a lot Mar.26.2018 |
Dessert vs. DIM SUM(点心):
OH SO CONFUSING! Apr.3.2018 |
Healthy food? Healthy eating?
Easily said than done Apr.16.2018 |
What is "dexterous force"? Why the skilled seem to achieve a lot so (seemingly) effortlessly?
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What exactly is a "dessert"? Why can't I order three (or four or five) desserts without a main dish?
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What does it mean to eat healthy? Is there any 100% healthy food? It may all depend.
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Ability to read the atmosphere
(眼里见儿) May.4.2018 |
The hidden meaning lost in translation: "Connotation"
May.8.2018 |
Being "Obedient" (乖) is Nice?
Or not? May.14.2018 |
How is communication different in Chinese vs. American culture? Why is asking "anything I can help" poorly-received?
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Would you like to be trained by a "devil coach"? Or, is being trained by a "devil coach" good or bad?
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Imagine that you were a five-year-old kid. Would it make you happy to hear adults call you “obedient”?
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What is wrong with being "piggy" (馋)?
May.29.2018 |
Conception of Financial Independence
June.7.2018 |
The vitality of Culture
Jun.22.2018 |
Does being called "Piggy" offend you? What is wrong with the pure love of tasty food (even when not hungry)?
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What does it mean to achieve financial independence? How would you achieve it?
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Do you know California rolls are not traditional Japanese sushi? Do you like sushi more or less after trying California rolls?
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What kind of personality is popular in children?
Jun.29.2018 |
Leftover women vs. leftover men: modern dating dilemma?
July.10.2018 |
Ghost towns in China vs. US:
two paths, but one fate July.27.2018 |
What kind of children would you want? Do you like "sweet" children or "naughty" children?
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How does the challenge of modern dating world affect men and women in different cultures differently?
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Have you ever visited a ghost town? What is ghostly about these ghost towns?
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The role of spices:
the past Aug.10.2018 |
The role of spices:
the present Aug.20.2018 |
Baking in the Western world vs. Steaming in the Eastern world
Sep.13.2018 |
Would you want to know a trick to get bulk high-quality spices at a discounted price? Are spices luxury or just everyday staple food for you?
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How changeable is your taste? Do you think steaks require less seasoning than vegetables?
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Did the Western world choose baking by chance? Did the Eastern world choose steaming by accident? Or maybe not?
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The Confusion over Noodles
Oct.1.2018 |
Chinese folk wisdom for adjusting to the seasonal change “春捂秋冻”
Oct.15.2018 |
Global food series-1:
Bubble tea Nov.13.2018 |
Clearly not all "noodles" are created the same way. What is associated with "noodles" in your mind?
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Do you tend to get sick when the seasons change? If so, check out this piece of Chinese folk wisdom, and give it a try!
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Have you tried a bubble tea before? Do you realize that food like bubble tea may be symbols of globalization, even more than McDonald's?
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How to come up with “creative” food ideas?
Nov.27.2018 |
Popularity of movies:
a peek into the cultural theme Dec.10.2018 |
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Have you ever scratched your head to come up with an interesting dish to impress someone? Where did all the "cool" ideas come from?
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What is your favorite movie? Why do you love it? Does the popularity of movie genres say something about us, or our cultures?
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