People immediately think of Sichuan food as being hot, sour, sweet, and salty; using fish sauce; or having a strange taste. Actually, these flavors were introduced only in the last 100 years ...

To incorporate the unique flavor of Sichuan peppercorns into your dishes without overwhelming your palate, try making an ...

Visitors admire food on display at the 7th World Sichuan Cuisine Conference held in Deyang, Sichuan province, on Thursday and Friday. [Photo by Huang Zhiling/chinadaily.com.cn] Visitors to Deyang ...

One is a Sichuan-style XO sauce without shredded scallops, but just a lot of fried garlic, onion and chilli with tiny little shrimp. The other is spicy preserved mustard greens that you can quite ...

Behind the spice and numbness of Sichuan dishes, lies a dark and bloody history of wars and conflicts. Listen more on Eat Drink Asia podcast about this cuisine of diversity and excitement.