[Photo/VCG] In his brief yet evocative memory piece, The Spring Festival in Beijing, Lao She (Shu Qingchun, 1899-1966), writer and contemporary of Ba Jin, describes the making of pickled garlic ...

Another dish you can try making is pickled garlic fried rice. We got this idea from Betty Liu, a surgical resident and the author of "The Chinese Way". Liu makes a mean fried rice with pantry ...