In Chinese cuisine, "gwa" - usually translated as squash or melon - covers a wide variety of vegetables and fruits such as watermelon, fuzzy melon, winter melon, Chinese okra and bitter squash.

Wind-dried meats (known collectively as lap mei) are in season in the cooler months. They're also known as "wax meats" because they have a waxy appearance although no wax is used in their production.

Rau muong xao toi, a Vietnamese stir-fry made with morning glory and garlic, has earned a spot on TasteAtlas’s list of the world’s top 100 vegetable dishes, coming in at number 24. A plate of ...