The Cleaver and the Butterfly
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I was a girl for seventeen years and a boy for twelve years more. A thousand glances took me in, which one saw the truth? Only now do I know for sure, …
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The basics: 1. Spatchcock a whole chicken (or more, if you’re feeling frisky). 2. Slather multiple tablespoons of doubanjiang under the skin of the bre…
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The tie that binds 19th century tea plantations in India's Assam with Uber and Lyft in 21st century California.
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Chinese games are too good. So the CCP -- the ultimate Big Boss -- decided to level up.
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A foundational text that reflected changing immigration flows, the globalization of Sichuan cuisine – and even the career paths of New York Times food …
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Li Bai wrote about a grand “me” -- how I am, what I am like, what I said and did. The world scarcely matters at all, except as a prop to hang his headb…
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A story about my uncle, LSD, Berkeley, and madness.
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China's newest trade export: the art of humiliating self-criticism
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A previously unknown (to me) fact about huajiao.
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With the pandemic on the run, let's put down our phones and break some margarita glasses
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A dish that contains multitudes, collapses peripheries and explains the rise and fall of empires.
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First: an apology. This is the longest I’ve gone without publishing a newsletter post since the inception of The Cleaver and the Butterfly. Shameful! D…
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