One of China's eight great regional kitchens, Sichuan cooking is built on mala — the双重 hit of chili heat and the tingling numbness of the Sichuan peppercorn — plus a repertoire of twenty-four distinct

With one copper spoon and a ladle of molten sugar, Chinese sugar painters draw dragons you can eat. Discover tanghua, the 400-year-old street art of Sichuan.