The cookbook includes classics such as roast chicken dinners, and duck and pappardelle, “all with a bit of an Asian mum’s twist,” she said, adding that the cookbook is a tribute to her ...

And the Sichuan peppercorn? It's the berry of a citrus tree, the prickly ash tree. The berries — which also come in two color ...

In 1968, however, Sichuan peppercorn was banned by the USDA due to the risk of it carrying citrus canker, a bacterial disease of citrus trees (of course, that didn’t stop die-hard fans from ...

But, Zhao says, for cooks inexperienced in cooking with Szechuan pepper, the pantry ingredients were intimidating. “Most Americans, they don’t know what to do with Szechuan pepper,” he explains.

Coated with Sichuan peppercorns and stir-fried with two kinds of chiles, these shrimp have all kinds of heat. A squeeze of fresh lime juice helps balance the flavors. Get the Recipe.

Sichuan pepper is citrusy, floral and fragrant, distinct for its tingly, numbing effect. Not a peppercorn but the berry of a tree in the citrus family, Sichuan peppers are combined with salt here ...

CHENGDU, China — The Sichuan peppercorns are ripe here in southwestern China, with a spicy, minty fragrance emanating from the rows of scrubby trees. But farmers are worried. Prices for the pods ...

The Sichuan peppercorns in this recipe are not like the black peppercorns you may find in a traditional pepper mill. Instead, they are the seed husks from a citrus tree.