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American Nancy Singleton Hachisu pays tribute to Japanese cuisine

16 Dec 2018

Nancy Singleton Hachisu moved from California to Japan in 1988, fell in love and married a Japanese farmer and has lived on a rural farm ever since

Susan Jung’s linguine with dace, chillies, spring onions and breadcrumbs. Photography: Jonathan Wong. Styling: Nellie Ming Lee

Susan Jung's recipes

Where East meets West – simple pasta recipes under 15 minutes

15 Dec 2018 1

Adding a can of fried dace or sardines to spaghetti and linguine can lift an easy-to-make dish to delicious new heights

Put some sparkle into festivities with one of these blanc de blancs champagnes.

Food and Drinks

Make it a white Christmas with a blanc de blancs champagnes

14 Dec 2018

OPINION | Column

How greedy landlords are killing Hong Kong’s culinary creativity

14 Dec 2018 15

Chef and founder of Kytaly, Franco Pepe, in Central, in Hong Kong. Picture: Jonathan Wong

Food and Drinks

The Italian behind the best pizza in the world – and it’s healthy, too

14 Dec 2018

OPINION | Language Matters

How should you eat a persimmon: squishy, crunchy or cooked?

OPINION | The Corkscrew

Bordeaux bargains: everyday wines that the average French drinks

OPINION | Reflections

China wants baijiu to go global: a 2,000 year backstory might help

An albariño vineyard in Rías Baixas, Galicia, Spain. Pictures: Alamy

OPINION | The Corkscrew

Vines that survived Europe’s phylloxera crisis, and the wines they make

Bernice Chan

How greedy landlords are killing Hong Kong’s culinary creativity

14 Dec 2018 15

Susan Jung’s chicken karaage rice burgers. Photography: Jonathan Wong. Styling: Nellie Ming Lee

Susan Jung's recipes

How to make fried chicken and fish burgers that rival restaurant fare

1 Dec 2018

Nikki Lohitnavy (right), the winemaker at GranMonte in the Khao Yai National Park, in central Thailand. Picture: Alamy

Food and Drinks

Everyone loves Thai food but what about the wines?

30 Nov 2018

Viv Snowden (second from right) and her husband, Phil, with one of their daughters and her family, in Denmark, Western Australia. Picture: courtesy of Singlefile Wines

Food and Drinks

Why Zimbabwean couple sold lucrative mining consultancy to start winery in Australia

27 Nov 2018

The wine production process is shown at the Qvevri Wine Museum in Napareuli, Georgia. Picture: Alamy

Food and Drinks

Georgia’s natural wines making a splash in industry with qvevri method

23 Nov 2018

“At first, we had no idea how fermentation worked,” says Rene Redzepi, in The Noma Guide to Fermentation, the new cookbook he co-authored with David Zilber.

Food and Drinks

Noma chef Rene Redzepi’s cookbook explores the fermentation trend

22 Nov 2018

Susan Jung’s salt and pepper shrimp. Photography: Jonathan Wong. Styling: Nellie Ming Lee

Susan Jung's recipes

How to make salt and pepper shrimp: shells on for full flavour

21 Nov 2018

Susan Jung’s dry-brined roast turkey. Photography: Jonathan Wong. Styling: Nellie Ming Lee

Susan Jung's recipes

A juicy Thanksgiving turkey recipe with a Chinese sausage stuffing

17 Nov 2018 1

Food and Drinks

Char siu and pineapple bun flavoured chocolates, anyone?

16 Nov 2018 1

It might not look like much, but dishes made according to the Penang "Ho Liao" Recipes cookbook promise not to disappoint. Pictures: Jonathan Wong

Food and Drinks

Don’t judge a cookbook by its cover: grandmas’ best Malaysian dishes

16 Nov 2018

Chef Brandon Jew in Central, Hong Kong. Picture: Edward Wong

Food and Drinks

San Francisco chef on getting Chinese-American cuisine taken seriously

15 Nov 2018 4

A dish by Spanish chef Ferran Adrià.

Food and Drinks

A history of Spanish cuisine, as told by a Russian writer

12 Nov 2018

Chef Gordon Ramsay at maze Grill, in Ocean Terminal, Tsim Sha Tsui. Picture: Dickson Lee

Food and Drinks

Gordon Ramsay: ‘I never wanted to be a TV chef’

10 Nov 2018 5