Food

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. …

Food

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.” …

Food

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. …

Food

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. …