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Pantry basics and grocery shopping:

Seasonings:

Cooking oil: Olive oil, non-GMO corn oil, Non-GMO sunflower oil, non-GMO soybean, but not blend oil.

Salt: Choosing sea salt without any additives.

Soy sauce: Tao Da (陶大）brand is better.

Two kinds of soy sauce: Sheng Chou and Lao Chou. Sheng Chou is light color, used for normal stir fried,salad dishes. Lao Chou is darker color with a little sweet flavor, used for braised or stewed dishes which can add color.

Rice vinegar: The best rice vinegar is from Shan Xi. There are three color: Black, brown, white. Black vinegar has mild flavor. You can buy brown or white color vinegar if you want to keep your dishes good color.

Rice wine: There are wines for cooking, but those for drinks are better, even if it's the lowest price.

Sugar: White sugar for cooking meat and dessert. Brown sugar for Ginger with Brown Sugar Tea in winter. Crystal sugar for soup dessert.

Sesame oil: Select cold-crushed, not by machine-made.

Sesame paste: For salad.

Soybean paste: Better buy non-GMO miso. For north or Beijing style dishes.

Curry: You can buy curry powder if you like to make curry paste yourself.

Pi Xian(郫县） spice bean paste： For Si Chuan style food.

Fish sauce: For Guang Zhou style dishes.

Oyster sauce: For Guang Zhou style dishes. Bran LiJinJi is better.

Anise Star and Chinese cassia peel: For stewed meat or soup.

Garlic and onions: Add flavor to cooking oil

Food:

Glutinous rice flour: Available in CityShop, or other supermarkets.

Tofu: We used soft tofu in this class, which can be found in Carrefour. The bran is QingMei

Fish: Available in Carrefour or Tesco.

Fresh Green Soy Bean and Taro: Available in farmer markets or Carrefour.

Pumpkin: Available in farmer markets or Carrefour.