Mung beans (green beans) came from India during the Northern Song Dynasty. Potatoes, which are eaten both as a staple food and as a vegetable, came from the West. They are believed to have been ...

Food from ancient, and not-so-ancient, times, has seen cuisine from across China appear on tables at home and abroad to this ...

Hunan food is characterized by its hot and sour ... a man of letters and a statesman during the Song Dynasty, stressed the beauty of the landscape, and gave a cultural aspect to the making and ...