Snout & Seek - Discover Culinary Wonders
Snout & Seek - Discover Culinary Wonders
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Content geared towards showcasing the ties that bind us - food, drink, traditions, techniques, artifacts, relationships and more.

A local Yi female farmer in her late 50's uses a thin pitchfork-like stick to hoist buckwheat onto a giant pile.
Culture

Buckwheat: The Grain That Sustains the Yi People

Come explore a simple ingredient that sustains an entire way of life for the Yi people in China - Buckwheat.
Shredded radish and fermented fish in a white bowl.
Culture

Before Sushi: The Ancient Chinese Art of Zha (鮓)

Rice is not only a staple, but a tool for flavor, through fermentation, rice can create entirely new flavors.
Yi people holding bamboo torches aloft, by the hundreds, surrounding a traditionally dressed Yi woman.
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The Yi Torch Festival: Yi Women and Their Kitchens

Behind every Yi Torch Festival celebration is a kitchen where women cook not just food, but memory, ritual, and the bond between family, ancestors, and community.
Sheep graze along a steep slope.
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Guardians on the Mountain: The Flock That Feeds a People

Come learn about the Yi people in Liangshan, Sichuan who shepherd sheep in the mountains to protect and feed their communities.
Chopsticks holding a piece of Jia Sha Rou - a piece of pork covered in granulated sugar.
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A Dish from My Spring Festival Memories — Jia Sha Rou

ZhuangZhuang shares with us a blast from her past about this special new years dish: Jia Sha Rou.
Dried pork legs hang in a curing room.
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Mianning - Sichuan’s Finest Ham-Producing Region

Sustained through generations of lived experience and craftsmanship, the ham workshops here reveal how farmers understand and respond to local climate and terroir.
A lush green field of turnip leaves extends towards the base of a rolling forested mountain line.
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Yi Pickled Greens: Fermentation from the High Mountains

Explore the Yi traditions of pickled greens that appear in all aspects of local Yi life.
A Chinese man holds a piece of sugarcane in his hand, as he stands in front of 10 foot high sugarcane plants.
Culture

Shilong Village: Sugarcane as Roof, Gift, and the Taste of New Year

Sugarcane is a versatile plant, providing more than just sweet flavors for the locals in Shilong Village.
A colorful green and pink basket filled with glutinous white rice sits on a wooden bench.
Culture

Dong “Xianghe Nuo” Glutinous Rice, A Tradition That Nourishes Body and Spirit

In Dong communities in Southeast Guizhou, it also intertwines with sour, fermented foods, forming a practical and deeply embodied food wisdom.
From Border Town Kitchens to Noma: The “Use Everything” Philosophy
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From Border Town Kitchens to Noma: The “Use Everything” Philosophy

A new-old trend of using everything has hit the world's elite kitchens. However, this philosophy has always been a way of life for some.
Xianghe Glutinous Rice Harvest Festival
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Xianghe Glutinous Rice Harvest Festival

Follow ZhuangZhuang as she adventures to the Xianghe Glutinous Rice Harvest Festival in Congjiang County.