Delicious chocolate chip biscuits are high-fat traps that trigger a “cycle of fear”, dragging us into one nightmare after another, saturated in dread; the “crunch” of crisps is a crisp outlet for suppressed anger, providing a hollow sense of security; sugar-free cola is a “happy liar”, like a false perfect…
In this episode of “Food Talk”, host Xiaojing and Foodthink’s Mei Ying interview two young people who have just completed their internships: An Tian and San Qi. Once nature educators and young teachers, they travelled to Yinlin Village in Guangdong to pursue their agricultural dreams—a place that boasts not only…
The world grows suddenly dim; the landscape has turned to autumn. A foodie does not conjure sorrow just to pen a poem, but simply follows the footsteps of the seasons to eat, and eat, and eat. Flowers bloom in their time and fade in theirs; as the fifteenth day of…
Another Mid-Autumn Festival has arrived. When relatives and friends exchange gifts, they are mostly mooncakes. Some boxes are lavish, others simple; Cantonese or Suzhou style, savoury meat or purely vegetarian, handmade or organic. One might be from a prestigious old brand in Hong Kong, while another comes from a trendy…
Foodthink’s Take In August this year, the film *Another Hopeful Day* was released. It is not only the most profound exploration of delivery work and algorithms in cinema, but also a rare and exceptional work of realism in recent years. On 4 September, Foodthink invited the film’s director, Liu Taifeng,…
This summer, North China has seen persistent rainfall, making farming feel like opening a blind box. Vegetable prices have shot up. While summer is typically the harvest season for fruits and vegetables, this year there was almost nothing to gather. The window for sowing in August was repeatedly pushed back,…
Editor’s Note A plate of steamed chicken fillet with peas left the child craving more and had the dining companions of the reopened ‘Small Dining Table’ salivating. Yet, even with such impressively delicious farm-to-table produce, if you miss it this year, you must wait until the next. Farm-grown food always…
In August 2024, two feature films about the food delivery industry were released. Simultaneously, Hangzhou saw two sudden incidents involving delivery riders: in August, a clash between a rider and a security guard sparked collective protests among nearby riders; in September, a “top-tier” rider died suddenly on his e-bike, triggering…
Meeting Nichole made me realise just how dire the food and living environments of modern people have become. In the United States, the manicured lawns in front of houses are an environmental disaster. According to statistics from the environmental organisation Friends of the Earth, Americans spray 80 million pounds of…
Do we really understand today’s agriculture and food? When people think of farming, their subconscious memory is often that of an ancient scene: peasants toiling in the soil, back-breaking work under the open sky. In reality, driven by technology and capital, the landscape of modern agriculture has undergone a radical…
