Candide in China: Just Add Water Street Sounds The Road to Uighgerville Candide's two photographers bought a pair a Flying Pigeon bicyles and became official property owners in the People's Republic of China. Now free to roam, they peddled out to Beijing's Uigher neighborhood. Email the Team Ask questions Archives Previous Days

O c t o b e r   1 6 ,   1 9 9 6 Chow Fun "We eat everything but trains and planes." "If it's got four legs and it's not a table we'll eat it." Over their 3,000 year history, the Chinese have had more time than any other culture to mine the earth's flora and fauna for tasty foodstuffs. Feeding China China has one-quarter of the world's people and just seven percent of the world's farmland. Not only is the country's population growing, it's growing wealthier and eating fancier foods. Where will the food come from? Candide spoke to agriculture expert Yang Xie about the challenge of feeding China in the next century. Digestive Trek The Chinese love to tell you that they will eat absolutely anything. Eskimos may have 100 expressions for snow, but the Chinese have even more sayings to illustrate their lack of culinary discrimination. Challenged by this gustatory bravado, Candide dedicated our second post to eating everything our Chinese hosts could heap in our bowls during a 12-hour period. After making dinner reservations at Fangshan, a Beijing eatery famous for Imperial cuisine, we set out on a quest to sample foods from other regions in China. Fancy Feast Ever wanted to sink your teeth into ducks' feet? Live vicariously through Candide's imperial feast at Fangshan restaurant. Afternoon Snack One man's tasty tid-bit is another's darkest fear. Candide drew lots to see who'd eat a bunch of stuff we picked up at the supermarket. Don't try this at home. Made in China