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 ...

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 ...

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.

The black fried tofu most likely tops the list of most well-known Hunan street foods because of its pungency and great taste. Many people who come to Hunan for the first time grab the opportunity to ...

Note: Relatively firm-yet-tender tofu, such as Trader Joe’s, 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 ...

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 dry sherry 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger 1 ...

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 ...

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CHANGSHA - For most, it smells somewhat odd, yet tastes delicious. If every city had its own unique dish or snack, the one defining Changsha, capital of Central China’s Hunan province, should be its ...

Wrinkly Chinese fermented black beans look as though they have just emerged from an archaeological site. Indeed, the salty, pungent little bits are an ancient Chinese staple. Made of black or yellow ...