Snout & Seek - Discover Culinary Wonders
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A white bowl filled with redish-brown Guaiwei sauce and noodles being held up out of the bowl by chopsticks.
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24 Flavors of Sichuan Cuisine - Strange Flavor (guài wèi)

Discover Guaiwei - also known as, strange flavor. This oddly delightful flavor is one of Sichuan's best kept secrets.
Smoked Sichuan sausage and fish are hanging out on display.
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24 Flavors of Sichuan Cuisine – Smoked Aroma (烟香, Yān Xiāng) Flavor

Smoke is one of Sichuan cuisine’s most distinctive ways of building flavor. Over days of smoking, drying, and resting - the smoky flavor settles.
Doubanjiang, fermenting, close up in a pot. Liquid sits around moist, red broadbeans.
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Wontons Soaked in Doubanjiang Soup, A Pleasant Surprise

From Fermented Broad Beans to a Bowl of Wontons, How Flavor Travels Beyond Sichuan.
Where Rice Grows with Forests: A Living Model of Sustainability
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Where Rice Grows with Forests: A Living Model of Sustainability

Follow Hui Mu as she takes us on a journey of discovery as we visit different remote Chinese minorities to experience their closeness with nature and how that impacts their agriculture.
A closeup photo of black truffles. In the center of the pile, one is sliced in half, showing a wavy black and white pattern inside.
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Hunting for Truffles in Yunnan

In the deep gorges of Northwest Yunnan, hunting is not only how people survive, but how they learn to live with the mountains.
Two seedlings begin to sprout green out of deep rich brown soil.
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Let Old Seeds Adrift Awaken the Earth

The story of a seed keeper’s work in a world of disappearing agriculture.
Soaked and steamed golden brown soy beans lay on flower-coated bamboo trays.
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From a Simple Bean to Millions of Bottles of Wonderful Flavors

Follow Chloe and Sichuan Fermentation Experience participants through a sneak peak of how soy sauce is made the traditional way.
Italians Cook with Tomato Sauce, Qiandongnan Ferments Mao-la-suan
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Italians Cook with Tomato Sauce, Qiandongnan Ferments Mao-la-suan

Across a Continent’s Opposite Ends: How Place, Microbes, and Seasoning Create Iconic Flavors
24 Flavors of Sichuan Cuisine – Mala (麻辣) Flavor
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24 Flavors of Sichuan Cuisine – Mala (麻辣) Flavor

Part 2 of our 24-part series on the flavors of Sichuan; Mala!
Food Culture and Natural Philosophy Hidden in Yunnan’s “Pine Needles”
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Food Culture and Natural Philosophy Hidden in Yunnan’s “Pine Needles”

In Yunnan, pine needles are more than a fragrant ingredient. They are a natural witness to every important moment of life.
Shredded pork with mixed vegetables in a redish-orange sauce piled on a square white plate with a perfectly formed pile of rice in the top right corner.
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24 Flavors of Sichuan: Fish-Fragrant

Yuxiang is a defining flavour of Sichuan cuisine. Explore why "fish-fragrant" is not quite about fish, but about history and home-cooking turned into an entire flavour profile.
A stainless steel table with fresh vegetables, baijiu, and a clear glass paocai pickling jar on top.
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Fermentation - The Backbone of Sichuan Cuisine

The importance of fermentation in Sichuan cuisine and daily life.