brendon fleming, assistant principal of georgia school in ningbo, east china’s zhejiang province, joined a recent food-hunting trip as the first featured guest.
ningbo has a 7,000-year history of rice farming dating back to the hemudu neolithic culture. the first trip chose a rice-themed destination—the wang shengda museum in ningbo. the museum shows the various processes in rice farming, including planting and grinding. every month, the museum promotes a seasonal rice dish. april’s star dish is qingtuan, the quintessential spring food in ningbo.
a video shows how qingtuan, the green glutinous rice dumpling, is made.
