He ate mostly food cooked with the flavors of South China during his ruling ... 1567), a prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, had many high – grade sets of dinnerware among his articles of ...

When stir – frying Chinese dishes, the Chinese wok must be used ... Xu Wei (1521 - 1593), a famous painter and literati in the Ming Dynasty, and Yuan Mei (1716 - 1798), a famous man of letters ...

A small bowl bought for just $35 (£25) at a market sale in the US state of Connecticut has turned out to be a rare 15th-Century Chinese artefact ... of the early Ming [Dynasty] period," Ms ...

The history of the century egg dates back over 600 years, during the Ming dynasty in China. According to legend ... or as part of more elaborate dishes. In Cantonese cuisine, for example, it ...

Bird's nest soup is one of the most expensive and sought-after dishes in Chinese cuisine ... It's said that its consumption ...