New article: Branding and retail strategy in the condensed milk trade: Borden and Nestlé in East Asia, 1870–1929 (Business History, 2019)

tasty history…

Driving Forces Behind China’s Agri-Food FDI

New article at Asia Global Online

Wowotou, an ode

those lovely dimpled buns that you get in north China

Heze sheep bone soup

This soup was some of the best I have ever had. The bones gave it an incredible richness and a milky white color

Tom teaches a cooking class!

Squeezed in between classes about composting and Chinese medicine, we made a basic fresh cheese, followed by two simple dishes of beets and kabocha squash

Why I’m not on TV

I promise that I wasn’t trying to be ridiculous.

Cattle market day

This week I visited two separate markets. the first set of pictures is from Shebaitu, which is about 50km north of Tongliao, and the second is from Kailu, which is about 100k to the southwest. Shebaitu Kailu The markets themselves were both pretty similar. Start in the afternoon (1:00 or 1:30), and trade until the…

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

Product review–Wasabi flavored Oreos

Oh for the love of God…

Hangzhou Food and Beverage Innovation Forum (食品饮料创新论坛)

Forget the Shanghai Auto Show. The real fun was in Hangzhou.