North eats wheat, south eats rice, Sichuan burns and Guangdong whispers — how geography created China's regional cuisines and where to taste each one.
A Regional Cuisine Guide to China: Why the Map Tastes Different Ask a Cantonese and a Sichuanese to cook the same fish, and you’ll receive two dishes with nothing in common. …
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