5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (639+ words) Imagine waking up one morning and telling your conventional coffee machine: "I didn't sleep well last night. Make me something that won't hit too hard." The poor machine would be stumped. Does "not too hard" mean less caffeine, less bitterness…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (513+ words) As a child, Meng Yuyang would stand beside the pot as his mother cooked rice cakes, watching bubbles rise and burst in the water. Years later, he still remembers the sound as a soothing childhood memory. He spent four years…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (228+ words) The collections of the National Natural History Museum of China are finding a new way to engage the public — through food. Nature Cafe, a new dining concept jointly launched by the National Natural History Museum of China and Moscow Restaurant…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (614+ words) A tiny cat hugging an oversized vegetable has become one of this summer's most unexpected online sensations in China. In images circulating on social media, a fluffy cat rests on top of a giant green wax gourd, draping its paws…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (153+ words) China Daily First bite becomes favorite bite Joshua Best, a student from London currently studying at Beijing Foreign Studies University, recently discovered his favorite dish in Beijing — and it wasn't the city's world-famous duck. It was something he tried for…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (627+ words) As the solar term Minor Heat, or xiao shu, arrives on Tuesday, early summer in eastern China moves into its most intense phase. In Xianju county of Taizhou, Zhejiang province, bayberries have reached full ripeness, marking the height of one…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (310+ words) In a factory in Foshan city, Guangdong province, more than 2.5 trillion soybeans are being selected annually via an artificial intelligence bean face recognition system in its workshops. Huang Shuliang, chief digital intelligence engineer of Haitian Flavoring and Food Co Ltd,…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (809+ words) In a little over five years, Hong Kong-based Jordanian-Palestinian Alia Amer has successfully introduced Arabic cuisine to over 100 curious individuals through her online platform for authentic Arabic sweets and “Cook with Alia” classes. The founder of Karam by Alia — named…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (218+ words) As Dragon Boat Festival approaches, the familiar aroma of zongzi — China's traditional glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves — is returning to dining tables, bakeries and retail shelves across the country. One example is a festival gift box inspired by…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (586+ words) For international students studying abroad, the familiar taste of home often serves as the most tangible link between their homeland and a foreign country. Viktoriia Poletaeva, a first-year master's student at Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, the capital city…...