• The Transformation of Hotpot: Towards Convenience and/or Individualization?

    The Transformation of Hotpot: Towards Convenience and/or Individualization?

    Fueled by the pandemic during which people are more or less forced to conduct individual lives, it is no surprise that food exemplified by self-heated hotpot becomes so popular. …

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  • Hele Bed and Bamboo Stick: One Lever, Two Usages, Two Kinds of Noodles

    One Lever, Two Usages, Two Kinds of Noodles

    The same lever is used in different geographical locations and societies in different ways, while such ways are constructed by different agricultural conditions, the extent of urbanization, and the development of commercial culture. …

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  • The Popcorn Maker — An American Technology’s Journey to East Asia

    The Popcorn Maker — An American Technology’s Journey to East Asia

    In May 2013, the beloved Australian-American science and entertainment show MythBusters released an episode called “How to Make Instant Popcorn.” …

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  • Luosi Fen and the Consumption of Instant Noodle in Contemporary China

    Luosi Fen and the Consumption of Instant Noodle in Contemporary China

    A few days before 2020’s spring festival, many Chinese people began to experience unprecedentedly strict lockdown measures because of the COVID-19 outbreak. …

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  • Taiwan Tea: Ongoing Struggles over Food Nationalism

    Taiwan Tea: Ongoing Struggles over Food Nationalism

    The cross-regional tea trade has been the window to look into the changing relationship between food localism and food nationalism. …

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