
CHIN470: TOPICS IN CHINESE STUDIES
ENGH412: TOPICS IN FOLKLORE STUDIES
Engages experiential learning to explore food, flavor, and cuisines and to examine the connections between what we eat and drink with cultural ideas, traditions, stories, trade, and global cultural interactions.
Major topics:
• Food and philosophy: traditional Chinese Medicine
• Tea
• Staple food
• Soy and fermentation
• Fermented drink: jiu
• Spice
Tr 4:30– 7:10 pm
Horizon 5008
Dr. Hongmei Sun
August 22, 2025