Mending Woks. Uses of Woks in the Nineteenth Century
Donald Wagner, the expert on Chinese metallurgy, sent me a page he has put together on the historical and contemporary accounts and photos of the Chinese tinkers who mended woks.…
Read moreWhat Do We Really Know about the History of the Wok?
Not much. Just enough to know that the standard story has to be revised. My long-time friend and fine scholar and anthropologist, E.N. Anderson, told this story in The Food…
Read moreIt’s Official: Hawaii has a Regional Cuisine
It had to happen. Today the NY Time’s Jennifer Steinhauer wrote a good article on the plate lunch in Hawaii. Of course it frets about grease and underplays the sheer…
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