Common names for plants can be colorful, descriptive — and sometimes misleading. For example, southern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis) isn’t a true ash tree but is actually related to lemons, ...

What's roujiamo supposed to taste like? Honestly, I have no idea. Prickly Ash's version of the flatbread sandwich, China's answer to the hamburger, is the only version I've had. The Mississippi ...

A villager selects Chinese prickly ashes at Daming Town of Huazhou District in Weinan City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 30, 2020. Local authorities encourage Chinese prickly ash planting ...

THIS DISH INCORPORATES MANY DIFFERENT ASIAN CONCEPTS. THE CHICKEN IS PREPARED IN THE CHINESE MANNER, THE NAM JIM THAI INFLUENCE. THE SAMBAL ACCOMPANIMENT IS AN AUTHENTIC RECIPE THAT I PICKED UP WHILE ...