Tinight at 6:00, I’m moderating a conversation with Michelle King about her new book, at: Archestratus Books, 164 Huron, Greenpoint, Brooklyn.  Information here. Michelle T. King.  Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-Mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food.  WW Norton, 2024. I had never heard of Fu

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Fuchsia Dunlop.  Invitation to a Banquet.  The Story of Chinese Food.  Norton, 2023.  420 pages.                     Fuchsia Dunlop, who has lived in China, went to cooking school there, and writes Chinese cookbooks, does something different here.  She writes about the history of

Grilling is deep in our DNA as the human species. Imagine Ug The Cavemen, laboring over hot coals and woolly mammoth steaks to feed his family. Then think about Bob, the suburban dad, throwing some shish kabobs on his new backyard grill for the same reason. See? They have more in common than you

Huckberry’s Labor Day Sale is chock full of incredible deals, but this one might take the cake. You can waste your time with knife sets that break or get dull and then you’re stuck with a half-empty knife block of regrets. Or, you can get Down The River Forge’s Marsh Series Knife Set on sale this