Chinese Food Project

J-Session Shanghai/Beijing Course Project

This was made and cut in one day, and we were all exhausted, so go easy on me about the quality.

After studying contemporary art and culture for two weeks in Shanghai and Beijing, Columbia College Chicago students Jeff Baker, Sooz Main, and Sky Wang set out to cook a few memorable dishes from their journey. While Chinese food often contains only a handful of items and seems simple to make, replicating it becomes problematic from the beginning as the students struggle to find the right ingredients in the grocery section of their local Target store. Since eating is a basic, daily necessity, it becomes one of the biggest impressions any traveler has of a new place. Suffering from jet lag and dizzy from the events of the last several days, Jeff, Sooz, and Sky use food as a way to dissect and reflect on their experiences in China.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• columbia college chicago
• china
• cooking
• traveling

[cookhoney]

你知道怎么做饭么？？？

[bongungirl]

Food always leaves a standing impression on you wherever you go. Especially if its in a different country where they have such different food then the US. The food you made looked interesting.

I would recommend trying a larger grocery store or even an asian market if you want to make more traditional chinese dishs you may have had.

I love asian food myself. I also think Shanghai is a place I'd like to visit. (even though I have friends in Beijing that want me to visit there more)