Far from the noise of the city, a new chapter begins in a small Sichuan village. The Food Ranger’s discovery of an ancient kitchen reveals how technique and environment shape taste. Through fire, iron ...

In the Chinese zodiac, 2025 was the Year of the Snake, a time for shedding old skin and reinventing oneself, according to Garrett and Coco Morris, co-owners of Sichuan Kitchen SLO in San Luis Obispo.

There was no mistaking the Sichuan origins of the chef's special fish stew ($18.95) at Sichuan Home, a two-month-old restaurant on Geary. Fish fillets and bean sprouts bobbed on the surface of a slick ...