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A plate of chicken with chile, Hunan-style, comes to the table with glistening whole garlic cloves and thick ginger slices that dot a sea of deep red whole chiles burying a mound of crisp, fried ...

Robert Sietsema is the former Eater NY senior critic with more than 35 years of experience covering dining in New York City. The city is undergoing a spiciness explosion. Tick off all the ways you can ...

A plate of chicken with chile, Hunan-style, comes to the table with glistening whole garlic cloves and thick ginger slices that dot a sea of deep red whole chiles burying a mound of crisp, fried ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There were no ball drops last night at midnight, but Friday is the Chinese New Year. The Year of the Ox would typically usher in parades and family feasts in Chinatown, but with COVID ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco is mourning the loss of a chef and businessman credited with bringing the cuisine of Hunan, China to the U.S. The man behind the iconic Henry's Hunan chain passed ...

A spicy, bold type of cuisine has a new home in Kendall Square. Sumiao Hunan Kitchen, which opens to the public on Friday, July 28, is the first dedicated Hunanese-Chinese restaurant in the Boston ...