The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Chinese takeout staples such as lo mein, egg rolls, and sesame chicken are easy weeknight favorites, but many ...

When I was younger and people asked what I ate for dinner, I struggled to answer. “It’s Chinese food, but not what you eat at Chinese restaurants,” I’d say. Dinners usually looked like a bowl of rice ...

While Chinese cuisine has absorbed outside ingredients and techniques, many dishes around the world have drawn from it The creation of a national cuisine is never straightforward, with ebbs and flows ...

Whole grilled fish on a wooden board surrounded by salt and pepper - Kseniya Starkova/Getty Images The average American eats up to 20 pounds of seafood every year, and fish makes up a large portion of ...

I’m surrounded by a dozen huge tanks of handsome swimming fish, including red tilapia, black bass and silver carp at the E&F Market in Oakland Chinatown. My friend, Lisa Li, has graciously agreed to ...