Chef Martin Yan explores the many aspects of how food and spices helped shape the history and culture of western China. In this culinary journey, he also examines daily life in the region - from a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Literally every single culture has [a form of] noodle,” he says. Yan would know. He’s authored dozens of cookbooks and hosted ...

Born in Guangzhou in southern China, Yan, 59, started his career in food as a 13-year-old apprentice at a Hong Kong restaurant. He studied at the Overseas Institute of Cookery in Hong Kong, then took ...