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Food in Motion: China
2007.12.15
In one of the most famous roast duck restaurants in Beijing, Quanjude, a tender, crispy, juicy Beijing roast duck is cut tableside.
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In one of the most famous roast duck restaurants in Beijing, Quanjude, a tender, crispy, juicy Beijing roast duck is cut tableside.
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Sitting outside an alleyway restaurant in Beijing, a cook cuts open dried Sichuan hot peppers.
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Sitting outside an alleyway restaurant in Beijing, a cook cuts open dried Sichuan hot peppers.
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An elderly Tibetan woman -- the mother of our guide -- makes traditional Tibetan yak butter tea in her home in Zhongdian, Yunnan Province.
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An elderly Tibetan woman -- the mother of our guide -- makes traditional Tibetan yak butter tea in her home in Zhongdian, Yunnan Province.
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An animal foot (I'm not sure which animal) is cooked via torch at an outdoor marketplace in Zhongdian, Yunnan Province.
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An animal foot (I'm not sure which animal) is cooked via torch at an outdoor marketplace in Zhongdian, Yunnan Province.
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This street in the capital city of Lanzhou, Gansu Province is dedicated to food specialties from the Hui ethnic minority, who are Muslim. Here, lamb kebabs cook on an open fire.
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This street in the capital city of Lanzhou, Gansu Province is dedicated to food specialties from the Hui ethnic minority, who are Muslim. Here, lamb kebabs cook on an open fire.
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Soup and tea add heat to the warm May night. [Lanzhou]
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Soup and tea add heat to the warm May night. [Lanzhou]
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Meat-and-vegetable dumplings are made from scratch. [Lanzhou]
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Meat-and-vegetable dumplings are made from scratch. [Lanzhou]
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A cook quickly stretches strands of dough to make noodles at this roadside noodle restaurant between Lanzhou and Southern Gansu Province.
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A cook quickly stretches strands of dough to make noodles at this roadside noodle restaurant between Lanzhou and Southern Gansu Province.
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The cooks work together and throw pieces of dough directly into the pot to make short, fat noodles.
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The cooks work together and throw pieces of dough directly into the pot to make short, fat noodles.
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Nang, the ubiquitous flatbread of the Uyghur people of Xinjiang Province, tastes amazing fresh out of the oven.
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Nang, the ubiquitous flatbread of the Uyghur people of Xinjiang Province, tastes amazing fresh out of the oven.
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Spreading oil on one side of the nang, the baker prepares it for one more go in the pit-style oven. The nang is baked by sticking it on the wall of the oven, as can be seen in the lower right corner of the photo.
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Spreading oil on one side of the nang, the baker prepares it for one more go in the pit-style oven. The nang is baked by sticking it on the wall of the oven, as can be seen in the lower right corner of the photo.
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A cook rests for a moment at this food stand in an outdoor marketplace in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Province.
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A cook rests for a moment at this food stand in an outdoor marketplace in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Province.
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Lamb kebabs -- known as chuan(r) in Mandarin -- seem to be a staple food in many Muslim populations, and the Uyghurs are no exception.
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Lamb kebabs -- known as chuan(r) in Mandarin -- seem to be a staple food in many Muslim populations, and the Uyghurs are no exception.
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A young cook gathers freshly baked lamb-filled buns, called samsas, to add to the plate.
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A young cook gathers freshly baked lamb-filled buns, called samsas, to add to the plate.
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A man swiftly and skillfully carves the meat off a whole roasted lamb at this restaurant in Turpan, Xinjiang Province.
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A man swiftly and skillfully carves the meat off a whole roasted lamb at this restaurant in Turpan, Xinjiang Province.
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Chestnuts roasting... not quite on an open fire... but on hot black stones. These roasting chestnuts were found in a night market in Urumqi, but chestnuts are popular all over China.
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Chestnuts roasting... not quite on an open fire... but on hot black stones. These roasting chestnuts were found in a night market in Urumqi, but chestnuts are popular all over China.
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A man diligently counts and sorts eggs outside a storefront in the heart of Kashgar, Xinjiang Province.
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A man diligently counts and sorts eggs outside a storefront in the heart of Kashgar, Xinjiang Province.
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Food on the go... literally. A basket of bagels is being rush delivered somewhere on this busy street in Kashgar, a city near China's border with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan whose population is over 90% Uyghur.
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Food on the go... literally. A basket of bagels is being rush delivered somewhere on this busy street in Kashgar, a city near China's border with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan whose population is over 90% Uyghur.
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As food is one of the most intriguing and revealing aspects of a culture, I wanted to show glimpses of life and culture in China through human interaction with food -- with the exception of eating (food consumption customs and practices are a related but separate aspect of food culture).
All of these photos were taken between 2004 and 2006.
Roomie!!! Miss you! And man are you making me HUNGRY for some good food from the Motherland! Gaaaaaaaaaaah ... the other night my roommate was commenting how he thought Chinese food was probably my favorite, and I was thinking, "Sure, when I'm in China ... here I'd almost rather opt for Vietnamese or Thai or something ..."
