Food

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• Three Chinese Side Acts
  Someone's a few seconds away from being converted to doufu ru. Wow, that's quite a puddle of ketchup you've got with your French fries there.



• Boycott Oil, Full Steam Ahead
  One learns to deal with China's culinary pitfalls, because the rewards are great. Cat meat instead of lamb? Stop buying yangrouchuanr on the street. Newspaper-stuffed baozi? Start having zhou for breakfast.



• China's Snack Streets
  There's so much to see, and eat, in China that it's a shame to waste too much time in big, fancy restaurants. The fawning wait-staff and death-sentenced fish in their tanks will take the edge off the keenest appetite.



• Six Chinese Tea Mixes
  Pills don't heal, nature does. Alright, we're not saying pills are useless, but it should be acknowledged that even the cleverest medicine, say Viagra, is a synthetic compound mimicking more natural substances.



• A Nation of Noodle Addicts
  Superior Zha Jiang Mian, inferior bowlIt's a question that has defied scientists and philosophers alike. Why must the rice always come last in Chinese restaurants, long after the dishes they were meant to complement have been devoured? Mi