It's the Year of the Fire, or Golden, Pig, and while more traditional Chinese New Year meals can be had, my family likes to customize things by having fire pot, a.k.a. hot pot (huo guo in Mandarin). Variations abound, but essentially the meal...

Japan is on a roll against rolls…named California, Philadelphia, and New Jersey (the latter a personal favorite from a restaurant in Manhattan).

If you want to experience the gastronomic heart and soul of any place, it's essential to try its street food.

When I first lived in China, a little more than a decade ago, cultural immersion was more or less obligatory.

A beekeeping friend asked me to visit a couple of honey stores (La Maison du Miel and Les Ruchers du Roy) in Paris recently, opening the doors to a subculture of beekeeping—agriculture—that I had no idea existed....

Before his 50th birthday, my old friend Thomas announced that he wanted to take some of his favorite people, including me, on a pilgrimage.

Fast Food Nation, the much-praised American film about the fast-food business, just opened in Paris and has instantly become a hit with the city's media crowd.

If your nostrils are suddenly assailed by an unsavory stench while walking around Shanghai, chances are you are near a place serving chou dou fu.

Four years after the mad-cow scare that saw les abats banished from menus, the French are going head over heels for them.

Meet the mighty lettuce deity, de Jesus (pronounced day hay Zeus). De Jesus stands guard over my lettuce to protect it from the free–living counterculturists.