A teacher (R) instructs a student on making Sichuan cuisine at Sichuan Tourism University in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie) People dine at a ...

Behind the spice and numbness of Sichuan dishes, lies a dark and bloody history of wars and conflicts. Listen more on Eat Drink Asia podcast about this cuisine of diversity and excitement.

Sichuan is a mountainous region, best known for its spicy cuisine. But the Sichuan locals who have been living in these mountains for centuries have another bragging point – music. Mountain music is ...

It is an indispensable spice in Chinese Sichuan cuisine, along with the chili pepper. We have been seeing more of it in Japan in recent years. Just like pepper, it comes in peppercorns and powder ...

You may think from the name that chin jiew gai – Sichuan pepper chicken – is a Sichuan dish, but it’s actually a dish in Chiu Chow (Teochew) cuisine. The spice is quite unusual for Chiu Chow ...