Wheat: Whole-Grain Nutrition, Traditional Food Culture, Practical Cooking and Safety
1. What is wheat? Wheat is a group of cereal grasses in the genus Triticum. Common bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) is widely used for bread,...
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Chinese Toon (Toona sinensis): Nutrition, Traditional Food Culture, Cooking Safety, and Growing Guide
Also known as Chinese toon, Chinese mahogany, xiangchun (香椿), or toon shoots. 1. What Is Chinese Toon? Chinese toon (Toona sinensis) is a dec...
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Understanding the Tomato
Botanical name: Solanum lycopersicum | Family: Solanaceae (nightshade family) | Common names: tomato, garden tomato 1. Understanding the Tom...
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Tofu: Nutrition, Traditional Food Culture, Evidence, and Practical Ways to Enjoy Bean Curd
Tofu is a versatile food made by coagulating soy milk and gently collecting or pressing the curds. A longstanding part of Chinese and other As...
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Tofu Pudding (Douhua): Nutrition, Traditions, Homemade Recipe, and Safety
Tofu pudding—douhua (豆花) or doufunao (豆腐脑) in Chinese—is a delicate, spoonable soy-food made by setting freshly cooked soy milk into a soft ge...
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Taro (Colocasia esculenta): Nutrition, Traditional Food Culture, Safe Cooking, and Home Growing
Taro is a tropical food crop valued for its starchy underground corm and, in some food traditions, its leaves and leaf stalks. It is part of ...
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Spinach: Nutrition, Traditional Food Uses, and Practical Guidance
Spinach is a tender leafy vegetable valued for its versatility, folate, vitamin K, carotenoids and fresh flavor. It can be eaten raw, lightly...
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Soybean ( Glycine max ): Nutrition, Traditional Food Culture, Research, Cooking, and Safety
Soybeans are one of the world's most versatile food legumes. The mature yellow seeds familiar in Chinese cooking are used to make tofu, soy mi...
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Snow Pear and Tremella Soup: Traditional Steamed-Pear Recipe, Nourishing Soup, and Practical Guide
Snow pear and tremella soup (雪梨银耳汤) is a familiar Chinese home-style preparation made with fresh pear, edible white tremella fungus, water, a...
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Rice: Nutrition, Traditional Food Culture, Safe Cooking, and Practical Ways to Eat It
Rice (Oryza sativa) is a staple for billions of people and a foundation of cooking traditions across East Asia, South Asia, Africa, Latin Amer...
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Radish (Raphanus sativus): Nutrition, Traditional Uses, Cooking, Seeds, and Growing Guide
Radish is more than a crunchy garnish. The species Raphanus sativus includes small red globe radishes, long white daikon, green and purple ty...
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Potato(Solanum tuberosum ): Nutrition, Traditional Food Wisdom, Cooking, and Safety
1. Meet the Potato The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a member of the nightshade family, Solanaceae, alongside tomatoes and eggplants. Its fam...
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