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You can often find fresh bamboo shoots in Asian food stores, but they’re not easy to prepare as they’re protected by many layers of overlapping, brown husk covered in fine, sharp hairs.

Bamboo shoots have a range of health benefits, being high in protein, amino acids, iron, dietary fibre and vitamins But while up to 35 million tonnes of shoots are produced in China each year, only a ...

The reality is that a lot of the foods we consume on a daily basis harbor some little known secrets. Certain ingredients have ...

Removing the husk of the fresh bamboo shoot is much harder to describe than to do. Please don’t use canned bamboo shoot for this (or any) dish – it has an odd flavour, and the texture isn’t ...

Two giant pandas from China have landed in Washington, marking the first time the US capital has welcomed a new set of furry diplomats from Beijing ...

it still gives a glimpse of imperial food at that time: Tender calf meat, fresh bamboo shoots and vegetables, thick soup of flattened dog meat, good cooked rice covered with fresh rock mushrooms ...

Two giant pandas are on their way from China to Washington’s National Zoo, kicking off a much-awaited return of the beloved ...

A pair of giant pandas arrived in Washington from China on Tuesday to move into their new home at the Smithsonian’s National ...

The National Zoo’s two new giant pandas are departing China for their future home in Washington, the government-run China Wildlife Conservation Association announced Monday.

A pair of 3-year-old giant pandas—a male named Bao Li and a female called Qing Bao—have officially arrived at the Zoo, where they will first acclimate to their new home ...

Yang Liu drifts on a bamboo pole while balancing herself with another on a lake in the Chishui Bamboo Sea in Zunyi, Guizhou province. [Photo provided to China Daily] In the serene mornings of ...