A Rice Processing Miracle
—The Transformation of Chishang Rice
Rice from Taitung's Chishang Township is famous far and wide, and the Chi-shang Farmers’ Association produces a range of processed rice products, with annual sales surpassing NT$100 million. Interestingly, the initial motivation for these processed products was to reduce public rice stocks.......
Ding Family Mansion, Lukang
The historic Ding Family mansion in Lukang, Changhua County, is Taiwan’s last remaining example of a shophouse with a street frontage three units wide and a four-sided inner compound. More than 70 meters deep, it combines a “Western-style” facade with traditional family compound architecture.......
A Flavor Revolution in Taiwan Agriculture
This month we visit farmers across Taiwan who are revitalizing traditional produce into brands that are taking the market by storm, in a movement that is a microcosm of the transformation and upgrading of industries islandwide. In terms of flavor creativity, one has to mention the cilantro of ......
Citrous Reinvention:
Minxiong Kumquat Factory
Stepping out of the car at Minxiong Kumquat Factory in Chiayi County’s Minxiong Township, we’re greeted by the pleasant contrast between a glass-fronted building and a brick house. Here visitors get to learn how kumquats lend themselves to the creation of pastries, fermented tofu, ice cream, ......
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Cilantro, Love It or Hate It!
A Polarizing Herb Takes Creative New Directions
Such is the dislike that coriander inspires among some people that it has given rise to its own annual date of antipathy—International I Hate Coriander Day—on February 24th. Scientific research suggests that for haters, their dislike of coriander (the plant and seed) and cilantro (as its leaf ......
Springtime for Hualien’s Outsize Pomelos:
From Ugly Fruit to Sustainable Resource
In agricultural parlance, large Wendan pomeloes are often referred to as “out-of-grade” fruit or “seasonal leftovers.” Because Taiwanese consumers prefer the smaller pomelos produced by mature trees, the less visually appealing large ones were long destined to be sold at low prices or even dis......
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