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 ...

While the spicy food of China’s Sichuan province is well known for its burning numbness, chefs from Hunan province have their own take on using chillies. “Hunan’s version stresses fragrance with a ...

Chances are excellent that, if you’re dining at a restaurant with “Hunan” in its name, you’re not eating food anyone born in Hunan province would recognize. Four decades after Americans fell for this ...

The cooking skills employed in the Hunan cuisine reached a high standard as early as the Western Han Dynasty, giving it a history of more than 2,100 years. Hunan is located in southeastern China along ...

Unlike Sichuan cuisine, the food of Hunan province is relatively unknown outside China, which is surprising given that it is the birthplace of Mao Zedong. Even in Hong Kong, which offers a great range ...

Zhang Xiaochun (middle) introduces dishes cooked with sun-dried food at a culinary event in Changsha, Hunan province. [Photo ...

It's spicy. It's homey. It's tasty. It's Hunan, the cuisine that tantalizes and challenges. The sight of someone with the food ever-growing in popularity sizzling on his or her palate is a delight to ...

China Hunan is a fancy Chinese restaurant in Ranelagh that makes up for a sometimes stiff atmosphere with excellent barbecue.

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