When I was at UC Santa Barbara, I hosted a lot of hot pot dinner parties. My college apartment grew fragrant for the stragglers, the ones who couldn’t go home and the international students who stayed ...

A good hot pot dinner is both a meal and an activity. And surprisingly, hosting a hot pot party is actually a low lift.

We all know someone who prepares delectable meals on camping trips, while we settle for instant noodles or baked beans. If you want to be that someone, the multi-functional Box-Pot may just allow you ...

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It's winter, which means it's hot pot season. The Chinese method of quick-cooking and retrieving thinly-cut dip meats and vegetables in a communal hot broth has been around for centuries, and it’s a ...

As a passionate hot-pot fan who grew up with the buffet-in-a-pot in both of my cultures (I’m from Hong Kong and Hawaii), I long thought of hot pot as an activity you do outside the house since both of ...

Kristie Hang is a born-and-raised Angeleno who has been covering the Los Angeles food scene for nearly 15 years. She was once known for double-fisting two large boba drinks daily in grad school — ...

Let’s be honest: As college students, many of us may be struggling financially right now — unless you’re part of the mysterious population of students who somehow frequent Zhangliang Malatang, the ...