Sichuan picked peppers 泡椒

Once I got over my fear of barging into kitchens, I started making friends.

Tongliao! The biggest cattle market in China

The Shebotu market is still about half the size it will be at its peak later in the summer

New article: A commodity chain approach to China’s beef trade, 1732–1931 (read free online)

New in the Journal of Global History, Volume 14, Issue 1 Many roads from pasture to plate: a commodity chain approach to China’s beef trade, 1732–1931 The advent of refrigerated transport made fresh beef a global commodity, linking South American and Australian producers to hungry consumers in Europe and North America. With vast supplies of…

Ganba (干巴) Yunnan dried beef

Like any dried meat, the finished ganba is rock hard, and intensely flavorful.