Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. Walking up to San Gabriel's Hunan Chili, located in a ...

Hunan is a landlocked province in South Central China. Its cuisine, with liberal use of game, funghi, cured meats and fresh chili peppers, is considered one of China’s Great Eight culinary traditions.

Relatively firm-yet-tender tofu pan-fries beautifully with minimal splatter. This is not overly saucy. There should be some visible sauce but the tofu isn’t swimming in it. Serve the tofu with rice.

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. What's hotter than Sichuan cuisine? Hunan cuisine. While Sichuan cuisine relies on peppercorns that numb your ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Recipe by Helen Dollaghan, from the April 22, 1984 edition of The Denver Post. Serves 4. Ingredients 1/2 pound top round steak, trimmed of fat 1 tablespoon ...

Chances are excellent that, if you’re dining at a restaurant with “Hunan” in its name, you’re not eating food anyone born in Hunan province would recognize. Four decades after Americans fell for this ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Robert Sietsema is the former Eater NY senior critic with more than 35 years of experience covering dining ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kaila Yu is an LA-based luxury food, travel and culture journalist. SHUANGFENG, CHINA - JULY 12: Aerial view of a farmer drying ...

A spicy, bold type of cuisine has a new home in Kendall Square. Sumiao Hunan Kitchen, which opens to the public on Friday, July 28, is the first dedicated Hunanese-Chinese restaurant in the Boston ...

Walking into Easterly in Berkeley is a feast for all the senses — a brief flash of light from the flaming wok in the kitchen, the sharp scents of stinky tofu, smoked pork, and dried red chiles, the ...

Fragrant garlic, fresh shiitake mushrooms, spicy chile -- tofu never looked this good, tossed with a rich and glossy black bean sauce. For a rich and flavorful -- and completely vegetarian -- dinner ...