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Taste and place: How cuisine affects geographical identity

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Junfan Lin explores the connection between taste and place identity, focusing on Hakka cuisine in the city on Nanxiong and the use of spicy dishes

Junfan Lin is a postdoctoral researcher at the Sun Yat-sen University, China. His research interests lie in Chinese cuisine and culinary tourism, where he has helped to rethink Chinese food through a geographical lens. In his research paper, Taste and place of Nanxiong cuisine in South China, he specifically explores the identity of the city, Nanxiong. Through interviews and observation, […]

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