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Family feast gives festive feeling

2013-02-07 09:32:28

Sharing a meal with family on Lunar New Year's Eve is the best way for Chinese people to get into the festive spirit, a survey has found.

Growing appetite to cut back on food wastage

2013-02-06 13:29:38

Diners have the stomach for the fight to save leftovers.

'Bite' spring

2013-02-05 09:42:13

February 4 marked the Beginning of Spring this year, the first of the 24 solar terms, according to the Chinese Lunar Calendar. It is a tradition in China to eat a flour pancake, which usually contains rolled up vegetables, fried egg and deli food dipped into thick broad-bean sauce. Chinese people refer to eating this stuffed-pancake roll as "Yaochun", which literally means "biting the spring".

Feast of the year

2013-02-04 13:26:29

Most Chinese go home for dinner on the eve of the Spring Festival, but engaging an in-house chef is becoming a trend.

Soap beans, silver ears and peach gum

Auspicious food that ushers in the festival

2013-02-04 10:33:15

No matter northerners or southerners, all Chinese believe you are what you eat.

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Love food

2013-02-04 09:52:40

When you first fall in love, every day is Valentine's Day.

Make decorations and snacks to greet Spring Festival

2013-01-31 14:12:32

Children learn to make the "sugar-coated haws on a stick", a traditional Chinese snack, at a children centre in Tianjin, north China, Jan 30, 2013.

Prices for Chinese liquor drop ahead of Spring Festival

2013-01-31 10:16:05

Well-known Chinese baijiu brands have lowered their prices just before Spring Festival.

Western chefs whip up new chances in Asia

2013-01-31 09:56:54

An increasing number of Western chefs are looking to Asia to offset the dreary economies of the United States and Europe.

Hidden dragons, crouching tigers

Barbie-themed cafe in Taipei

2013-01-31 09:37:45

A view shows a plate of desserts during the media preview of a Barbie-themed cafe in Taipei.

Rice of ages

2013-01-30 10:11:12

An heirloom species of this staple grain thrives only in a tiny pocket of East China, but scientists say its potential could be huge, Jin Zhu reports in Wannian, Jiangxi province.

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