From 1999-2000 I taught English at Tsinghua University in Beijing. I’m glad I kept a number of student pieces from that time. This response to the prompt “tell me about cooking your favorite dish” from my student Xu Dian still really cracks me up.
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Chinese Food Writers Celebrate the New Year
February 6, 2011— “The men of the household were cooking over a wood-fired range, as about two dozen people milled around, eating and drinking and warming themselves at the open hearth in the kitchen.” Via WNYC, read more