AltWeeklies Wire
American Consumers and Growers are Left in the Dust as China Goes Organicnew
Even as demand for organic food continues to explode, organic farmers in America are getting thrown under the beet cart they helped build. The Chinese are taking over the market share, especially of vegetables and soy, thanks to several American-based multinational food corporations that have hijacked the organic bandwagon they only recently jumped onto.
Weekly Alibi |
Ari LeVaux |
07-07-2009 |
Food+Drink
Oodles of Chinese Noodlesnew
How to make sesame peanut noodles and hot-and-sour noodle with shrimp.
Illinois Times |
Julianne Glatz |
08-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
Stretch Your Chinese Food Experience Beyond Cantonesenew
Undoubtedly Olympic athletes will stick to strict dietary regimens in Beijing — at least until they're done competing. Here's hoping other Olympic visitors will experience some of Beijing's vast array of culinary treasures. Includes recipe for mu shu pork.
Illinois Times |
Julianne Glatz |
08-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
A Culinary Postcard from China on the Eve of the Olympicsnew

After 24 hours in the air, the concept of jet lag seems quaint. I can barely figure out what day it is, much less the time. But despite my disorientation and general mental fuzz upon landing in Beijing, when I see the "Fresh Furit Platter" [sic] on the hotel bar menu, I perk up enough to pronounce it to myself with a Chinese accent.
Missoula Independent |
Ari LeVaux |
08-05-2008 |
Food+Drink
How Gilroy Turned a Garlic into the Country's Biggest Food Festivalnew

Today, garlic is as common in food as salt and pepper, but it wasn't always that way. Includes a recipe for babaghanouj.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Stett Holbrook |
07-17-2008 |
Food+Drink