Simmered Mushrooms

Ingredients: 150 grams dried mushrooms, 75 grams oil, 25 grams sugar, cooking wine, soy sauce, scallions and minced ginger for taste. Method: 1. Clean and soak the mushrooms until they become soft. Put them in a bowl With some Water, sugar, minced Scallions and ginger and steam for about     

Farmer Artists

THERE is a huge tree stump in front of my house, and clumps of mushrooms grow on it. I always stand there looking at them and wondering how to include them into my painting." On the second floor of the China Art Gallery, Liu Suying stands in front of her work, "Picking Mushrooms," and vividly describes the process of creation. The color of the painting resembles that of the yellow earth in her hometown. Eight huge stumps are     

Roosters Playing in the Woods

Here is an arresting cold dish to offer your guests! Provide them not only a treat for their taste buds, but also for their eyes. Only you will know that this impressive dish and stunning centerpiece is actually not too complicated to make. The head: The white part is carved from hard egg white. The cockscomb is made with red pepper and the eye is a green cherry. The body: The white feathers are made of hard egg white and the yellow feathers and feet hard egg yolk. The brown feathers are     

Mushrooms and Health

NUMEROUS varieties of edible mushrooms are highly beneficial to health. Mushrooms enhance the mental and physical development of children and are highly beneficial to recovering cancer patients. People have developed an affinity for the taste of mushrooms and have in turn developed numerous recipes for cooking same. Pine mushrooms are commonly found in northeast China. with locals, especially women and children, heading to forests to collect same following periods of rain.     

Chinese Vegetarian Food

ONCE in a restaurant specializing in vegetarian food in Hubei Province, I saw some dishes on the menu which did not sound like vegetarian food, such as chicken, duck, fish and pork. Only after I ordered and tasted did I understand that these were all made of bean products. Simply speaking, the Chinese vegetarian diet is comprised of grains, vegetables, bean products and fruits. It also includes bamboo shoots, mushrooms, edible fungus, aquatic plants and dried fruit. This kind of diet boasts a long history. As early as the Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.) and the early Han     

Fish In Mutton Equals Delicious

CHINESE characters are pictographs. The character "delicious" consists of "fish" and "sheep." In fact, there are few recipes that uses fish and mutton as main ingredients, Yet, there is one dish called "fisn in mutton" whose taste is good enough to make people understand the connotation of     

Fish and Soup of Hubei Cuisine

I was very impressed by the delicious freshwater fish dish from the well-known Changjiang River and Dongting Lake, the first time I travelled to Hubei Province. Hubei is famous for its freshwater fish dishes since it has so many lakes. The steamed Wuchang fish is one. Wuchang fish is pure, tender and fat and is considered a first-class freshwater fish. Waiters in local restaurants usually bring the fresh Wuchang fish to the     

Xiangfei Cake

XIANGFEI cake, mainly made of fish meat, is fresh and not too greasy. Created in the E style of cooking, it helps to increase the appetite. Feasts in Hubei Province include this dish, which links to a folk tale. According to the tale, Sage Shun had     

Oriental Delicacy—Bean Curd

SOYBEANS, original to China, abound in northeast Heilongjiang Province. The round plump beans actually remind one of the vast and fertile black soil in Heilongjiang. It is said that bean curd. the earliest known bean product, can be dated to as far back as the time of Christ! I enjoyed the full taste and flavor of Heilongjiang bean curd. and was able to thrive on the dish.     

The Kirgiz Women I Know

With a population of 114,000, most Kirgiz people reside in the Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in the southern region of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.The Kirgiz survive by stock raising, and making handicrafts. Sideline industries include raising crops and processing livestock products. Most of the Kirgiz live a nomadic life, moving about in search of green pastures.The Kirgiz are known for their hospitality and courtesy. Any visitor, known to them or not, is always warmly received.Kirgiz men commonly wear a corduroy cap with a round top all year round. Young men wear caps of green, purple or blue, while old men sport black caps.Kirgiz women love to dress in red. Some wears short blouse and long skirt, others wear dresses. They also wear loose-fitting blouses with a tight collar. And their hair is always beautifully decorated, with embroidered strips binding the plaits and round, silver coins at the end of each plait.The main dish of the Kirgiz is horse meat, beef, lamb and dairy products.     

Camel Tendon Soup

Ingredients: about 400 grams of camel tendon Supplementary ingredients: mushrooms, green beans, winter bamboo shoots, cooking wine, sesame oil, salt, pepper, sugar, vinegar, Chinese onion and ginger. Directions: 1. Soak the tendons in water and take away the bone and hair, and boil the tendons in broth to remove the strong smell. Then cut the tendons, mushrooms and winter bamboo shoots into small cubes. 2. Heat oil in a wok and fry the pepper until it's aromatic. Add mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots and green beans and stir.     

Peach Blossoms in the Snowy Night

THE dish "peach blossoms in the snowy night" is a dish which uses shrimp as its main ingredient. A story about this dish occurred more than 1,300 years ago. According to the legend, in February of 655 A.D., Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty became seriously ill soon after Wu Zetian was chosen as Empress. As wife of the Emperor. Wu took good care of Li Zhi     

妇联动向(英文)

Safe-Healthy Growth Project Trips to the Northeast安康计划东北行活动启动On September 3, the All-China Women's Federation started the activities "safe-healthy growth project trips to the Northeast" in Fuxin City of Northeast China's Liaoning Province. The safe-healthy growth project was established in 2000 by the ACWF. Its aim is to help children stay in school and protect them from illness, injury and crime.     

自己动手做锅贴儿(英文)

Flour, mixed with a little water Three delicacies—corn, shredded carrots and edible black fungus, with xianggu mushrooms Seasoning: Soy sauce, rice wine and salt Sesame oil IngredientsDirections Mix (he three delicacies and xianggu mushrooms with the soy sauce, rice wine and salt. Stir in one direction, and add sesame oil. Blend well. (You may choose other ingredients to make the filling.) Stir a little water into the flour. Knead until the dough is smooth and stretchable. Let it sit for …     

Woman Village Leader and The Red Peppers

YU Hua, 28, deputy head of Sanduan Village is very proud of her village. As she welcomes visitors, she is sure to let them know: "Our red peppers were reported in the Chinese Population News." Red peppers grown in Sanduan Village are distinctive for their good quality, bright color, and pure hot taste Traders came to the village to buy red peppers. Thus their reputation grew quickly and the village head was even invited to Beijing to take part in a     

Concern Yourself with New Life

ALL parents hope their children will grow up healthy and clever. To provide children with good health care and education early on and to mold them into talented people who will be able to contribute toward the next century is the mission of China's development program for children. In order to implement the "National Program of Action for Child Development in China in the 1990s," to mobilize all walks of life to become concerned with the health of mothers and children and the fate of the next generation, as well as to improve the quality     

Delicious Eggs

ONE day I learned a new method to cook eggs from one of my neighbors. The ingredients are two or three eggs and about 100 grams of tofu. First, beat the eggs in a bowl until they am Well mixed. Add some salt. Cut the tofu into small cubes and put them into the bowl as well. Then put the bowl in a steamer and steam for about ten minutes. When the eggs become a soft jelly, turn off the stove and let the dish cool before garnishing it with minced coriander, scallion and a teaspoon of sesame oil (or chili oil if you prefer). Serve. I served the steamed eggs with tofu to my family at supper. The appealing     

《面条之路：北京到罗马，爱与意面同在》

On the Noodle Road： From Beijing to Rome with Love and Pasta is a delicious travelogue and memoir chronicling author Jen Lin-Liu＇s journey from China to Italy in search of an answer to the age-old question： Who invented noodles？ Conventional wisdom has it that Marco Polo （1254-1324） took the noodle from China to Europe, across the Silk Road, dtucing the late 13th century. Lin-Liu, however, believes the noodle＇s origin, much like its preparation, is not so cut and dried.     

Colored Lacquer Trunk

THIS 69-cm long trunk with an arch lid is one of the earliest trunks to be unearthed in China. It was cut from a whole log, painted with black lacquer on the inside and adorned on the outside with artwork in red. The trees in the painting have been determined to be mulberries. On top of the high tree sit crows with the sun above them; the moon and some tigers are set above the short tree. The bird between the trees is the golden crow in the sun. The man poised to shoot an arrow is Yi.