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Home on the Grange

Grange, the new steakhouse inside the Westin Chaoyang, is worth a try. We understand that walking through a swish hotel lobby can be intimidating if all you’re wearing is your low-key sweats. So put on a nice pair of jeans and powder your nose for this is one steakhouse not to miss.
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2008 Autumn/Winter Food Fair in Shanghai

A chef cooks the beefsteak during 2008 Autumn/Winter Food Fair in Shanghai, China on Sep. 17, 2008. Some 150 chefs participated in the fair to show their unique cuisine. (Xinhua/Zhang Ming)

Moon’s Steakhouse

To truly appreciate Moon’s Steakhouse, one must reflect on the background of steak culture in Shanghai. A little less than five years ago, it was hard to come by a traditional steakhouse, other than in 5-star hotels, such as the Marriot Group which offered great steaks but often at 5-star prices. Steaks may be [...]

Foods tailored for life on the grasslands

Mutton is one of the most popular dishes in Inner Mongolia.(China Daily file photo)
Hearty fare abounds in Inner Mongolia autonomous region where even during the summer months, overnight temperatures on the grasslands plummet to low single figures. A recent trip up north allowed me a brief foray into this stomach lining [...]

Mooncakes made by volunteers

Volunteers for the Beijing Paralympic Games show the mooncakes they make at a Paralympics city volunteer stand near the Xidan Shopping Center in downtown Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 11, 2008. Some volunteers made mooncakes to share with other working fellows as the Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday for family [...]

Veggies help keep BP in check

In a study of middle-aged adults, maintaining a diet high in linoleic acid – the main dietary polyunsaturated fatty acid found in certain plants and vegetables – seemed to lower the risk of developing high blood pressure.“These results lend support to current recommendations for increased ingestion of polyunsaturated fatty [...]

Beijing duck restaurant offers Braille menus
The famed Beijing roast duck restaurant chain Quanjude began offering menus in Braille on Thursday to better serve visually impaired customers during the Paralympic Games, which start later this week.
Such menus, printed in Chinese and English versions, can be found at Quanjude’s oldest outlet in Qianmen Street south of [...]

Clones’ offspring may be in U.S. food chain

Food and milk from the offspring of cloned animals may have entered the U.S. food supply, the U.S. government said on Tuesday, but it would be impossible to know because there is no difference between cloned and conventional products.  (File Photo)Food and milk from the offspring of cloned [...]

A spoonful of honey can work wonders
It’s one of nature’s healthiest foods and a favorite in traditional Chinese medicine, writes Zhang Qian
For many Chinese people, it’s become a habit to add honey to milk, spread it on bread, or just simply stir some into a cup of warm water for breakfast every morning.
It’s [...]

Stone version of the “Banquet of 108 Courses”

A stone collector serves up the famous “Manhanquanxi”, a full, formal banquet, combining Manchurian and Chinese delicacies, with his stones in Yinchuan, northwest China, on August 23, 2008. [Photo: Xinhua]
A stone collector has stunned visitors to a festival of stones by creating the famous “Manhanquanxi”-a full, formal [...]