I was shocked when I saw lotus roots for sale in a normal English supermarket…hesitated for one minute and bought one. I hesitated because on one side I haven’t cook with it for ages!… but on the other side I used to love them so much when I was living in China. My home …

    Chinese like to cook with dried ingredients a lot. Every household has jars and jars of dried food: shiitake mushrooms, dried vegetables (e.g. bamboo shoots), dried fruits and all sorts of dried meat. Suppose in old times before the fridge and freezer, different nations have their own ways of preserving food: sun dried, …