Having earned an MA in the anthropology of food, in 2023 writer and lecturer Annabel Jackson was awarded a PhD in Macau gastronomy. She spoke to Andrew Sun. Growing up in a farming family in the south of England, I was surrounded by great produce, though not great cooks. I turned vegetarian at a young … Read more
When one thinks of wine, countries such as France, Italy, Spain, Australia, Chile and Argentina are likely to come to mind before China. However, as the third largest country in the world by land mass, many parts of China are suitable for growing grapes and making wine. To give some perspective, Xinjiang, the region with … Read more
It all began in 1885, when ragpicker and repairman Leung Chi-wah (also known as Leung So), who had been fixing European umbrellas for foreigners conducting business in Guangzhou, decided to make Western umbrellas himself using imported materials. He would eventually set up shop in a busier part of the city. Umbrellas for sale at Leung … Read more
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Cheng Wai Tong, deputy director of the Macao Government Tourism Office, says it has fulfilled its target for the first quarter and discusses the markets it’s focused on. 03:11 Thu, Apr 25 202412:51 AM EDT Read original article here Denial of responsibility! … Read more
“For now, we have more proposals than we can possibly execute,” says Ducasse. Chef Alain Ducasse is busy travelling the world, visiting his various restaurants. Photo: Alain Ducasse at Morpheus He makes time for certain chefs, however. In February, Ducasse teamed up with Daniel Humm, the renegade Swiss vegan chef of Eleven Madison Park in … Read more
Academic papers published in a 2020 book – Coimbra Visa: The College of Jesus between Portugal and the World – also connect the New Cathedral with Macau’s St Paul’s (referred to as Igreja da Madre de Deus, or the Church of the Mother of God) and explain how the Jesuits of Coimbra influenced ecclesiastical developments … Read more
None of the kids had swimming lessons, we just picked it up. I was very good at school and was always top of the class or second. I was supposed to go on to secondary school but my father needed more hands on the boatKwok Cho-tai Late starter My father was illiterate. He hadn’t gone … Read more
According to the documentary, Huang Yu, then a researcher at a top secret communication system development project, sent a note to “the website of a certain country’s spy agency” containing classified Chinese military codes. Huang was bitter after being removed from a unit that was working on the project due to poor work performance and … Read more
Several speciality brands have popped up recently. These three, based in the UK capital London, Vancouver in Canada, and Seattle in the United States, are making dumplings more accessible. Love Sum Dumplings, London Love Sum Dumpling’s multicultural product range, from Nepalese momos to Chinese shrimp dumplings. Photo: Love Sum Dumplings After she was named runner-up … Read more
Apple chief executive Tim Cook on Wednesday met Chinese video game developers, a filmmaker and the billionaire founder of BYD in Shanghai, ahead of the company’s new store opening in the city, as the US tech giant goes on a charm offensive amid weak iPhone sales in the world’s largest smartphone market. This marks the … Read more
