Dietary health, food safety, nutrition, and food culture.
The world’s table begins with China’s little pulses 10 February 2025 marks the seventh World Pulses Day. This year’s theme is ‘Pulses: Bringing Diversity to Agrifood Systems’. Grow pulses, eat pulses, diversify agriculture, live healthily. Soybeans, edamame and black beans are common fixtures on the dinner table, yet these pulses…
With the Spring Festival drawing near, supermarkets are not only slowly filling the air with their festive playlists, but the familiar ‘holiday weight gain’ adage is also dominating social media feeds. In the past, many assumed festive weight gain was simply down to indulging in rich, meat-heavy meals. In recent…
Foodthink Says Unbeknownst to many, the dining habits of Chinese people, long proud of their rich food culture, are being profoundly reshaped by digital technologies driven by the internet, algorithms, and artificial intelligence. This transformation is most evident in the way food is consumed. According to media reports, 275 million…
In this episode, *Food Talk* host Tianle joins Sijia from *100 Lives* for a special crossover conversation. This is also the first time Tianle shares on a podcast her journey from a journalist with a degree in international journalism to a social impact advocate working with agriculture and food, alongside…
I. Weather-Dependent Small Farmers and Mothers Seeking to Escape the Motherhood Penalty Affected by climate conditions, the survival rate for seedlings planted in late summer this year was remarkably low. Consequently, Hu Xuemei’s farm on the outskirts of Chengdu could not supply any vegetables for delivery over the past few…
I. The Ennobling Bean Porridge In a previous article, I mentioned coarse wheat grain, and this time I shall turn to bean soup. These two everyday dishes are steeped in significance; preparing them properly requires a well-ordered kitchen, a tended hearth, and a serious approach. In the Tang dynasty, Yan…
Open Xiaohongshu and search for rainforest hiking, and you’ll find plenty of creators using phrases like “pristine wilderness”, “enveloped by nature”, “disconnected from it all”, and “connecting with primal life force” to describe the emotional resonance the rainforest provides. In September 2024, friends and I also ventured into a tropical…
Opening an organic sourdough bakery was no spur-of-the-moment decision. To ensure my family could enjoy wholesome carbohydrates, I spent several years learning to bake sourdough using a natural wild yeast starter. Over these years, I have often shared my loaves with friends or brought them to potlucks, consistently receiving plenty…
Foodthink Says As autumn sets in, the Little Dining Table in Yulin, Chengdu has been up and running for six months. This half-year of practice has undoubtedly fostered a growing rapport between the cook, the dining companions, our partner farmers, and the food itself. Alongside the planned changes, life has…
Delicious chocolate chip cookies are high-fat traps that trigger a cycle of fear, plunging us into one nightmare after another steeped in dread; the crisp crunch of potato chips offers a crunchy release for pent-up anger, lending a hollow sense of reassurance; sugar-free cola is a ‘cheerful deceiver,’ akin to…
