Tag Archives: food
Xiasha: What continues and what fades away
Yesterday, I met Chen Hong (陈宏), executive producer of the Shenzhen Villages documentary mini-series (桑海桑田：深圳村庄三十年) and was gifted my own set of DVDs and associated book! No longer dependent on … Continue reading
Consuming power — Xi’an snacks
Power, its cultural incarnations, and subsequent transvaluations fascinate me. How we work with and through inequality defines us not only as an identifiable people, but also as a moral community. I … Continue reading
Not your cup of tea?
Ten of us were having dinner at a private style restaurant. Unlike mom and pop “family style” diners, which serve standardized fare at similar prices, a private style restaurant caters … Continue reading
the real reason behind the proliferation of shaxian snack bars
Franchises of the Fujian based chain, 沙县小吃 (Shaxian Snack Bar) have sprouted up all over China, and Shenzhen is no exception. However, Shaxian Snack Bars aren’t upscale, in fact, the standardized fast food … Continue reading
Good food — Love!
I have 口福 (kǒu fú), which might literally be translated as “mouth happiness” and means something like “the destiny to eat delicious food” – and what good fate this is. … Continue reading
happy spirits – 喜酒
yesterday, i went to a wedding banquet. the bride and groom, a kindergarten teacher and elementary school teacher, respectively, held a small banquet that nevertheless offered all culinary delights of … Continue reading
thinking food: images from the houhai overpass, 2002-2010
this post is a brief contextualiztion of china lab’s landgrab city exhibition for the shenzhen-hong kong biennale 2009. the exhibit draws attention to the the ways that cities are imagined … Continue reading
food related note
two food related links. the first is a chinese introduction to the food-scape project, here. the second is a story about belo horizonte, a brazalian city that has ended hunger … Continue reading
al fresco and imported greens
al fresco Originally uploaded by maryannodonnell last night, we returned to a very old haunt–the nanyou food street, which used to be a thriving world of al fresco seafood, sichuan … Continue reading
FBI: 2009 The God of Argriculture Plan
Fat Bird developed FBI: 2009 The God of Agriculture Plan through a series of workshops that explored the meaning of eating in post “3-Deer” China. “3-Deer” products had been exempted … Continue reading
