Every so often, as a voracious meat-eater in Shanghai, you run into what we call the "poultry dilemma": when chicken has become too tame for your daredevil taste buds but you don't want to deal with the grease geyser inherent to duck or goose. Luckily for our kind, there's pigeon, a bird that's gamey enough to keep things interesting, and succulent enough to satisfy without making your stomach feel like it ingested a wrecking ball. more ›

Evolution happening faster than we previously thought could be the reason for a scourge on half of East Asia: The Asian Flush. Apparently, this super annoying, cancer causing, alcohol inhibiting gene may have arisen from our inability to control ourselves when we first discovered alcohol. more ›

If you are familiar with drinking heavily or going to Chinese banquets (basically the same thing), you've probably been forced to chug try some Maotai. Deemed "China's national liquor" by Reuters, Maotai or máotáijiǔ (茅台酒) is one of the most famous brands of Chinese rice wine (or báijiǔ). Although dignitaries like Margaret Thatcher and Richard Nixon have put this put-hair-on-your-chest drink to their conservative lips, the popular liquor is now threatened. You see, Maotai is... more ›