US chef's bet on veggies pays off

Chef Amanda Cohen took a gamble in 2008 when she opened a tiny restaurant in New York City called Dirt Candy, which focused on vegetables at a time when bacon was the rage among food enthusiasts.

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Patron of the realists

Echoes from the Volga River is an exhibition that seeks to showcase masters of Peredvizhniki, or the Itinerants, as the group founded by Russian realistic artists was once known.

US photographer and Chinese artist present A Warm Winter

Chinese painter Liu Zhong and the fifth-generation Rockefeller family member Steven Clark Rockefeller Jr have jointly published A Warm Winter.

Free-thinkers still inspire Todd Oldham's creativity

Todd Oldham may have left fashion behind nearly 20 years ago, but an upcoming exhibition will celebrate the multidisciplinary designer's enduring sense of style.

Holiday fun

Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu, is one of the three most important traditional Chinese festivals, the other two being the Lunar New Year and Mid-Autumn.

Screen time

The art of filmmaking is all about getting the timing right - and now the best film and watch makers in the world are coming together at the 18th Shanghai International Film Festival.

Fashion briefs

Italian luxury brand Bottega Veneta held a preview of their 2015 fall/winter collection in Beijing on June 5. Inspired by the idea of "creative life", the men's collection uses dark shades, including dark sergeant, kelly green, dark and atlantic blue with materials like shearling, suede, calf and lambskin. The women's collection is inspired by "a nonchalant sense of style", using bright shades like Irish green, canard teal and luteous yellow with materials like woolens, crepes, jerseys and denim. The dominance of pants show the influence of menswear.

Dinner at the top

People come to a restaurant for the food, but at China Grill, one of the highest restaurants in the country, diners also come for the breathtaking views.

New all-day buffet mirrors Chinese admiral's voyages

The hotel calls the chefs its "dream team". The kitchen's leaders - executive chef Nikolaos Lekkas from Greece, executive sous chef Eugenio Iraci from Italy and Chinese executive chef Tam Yim Chan from Hong Kong - are just the start of a culinary bonanza from a dozen countries. Other chefs bring the tastes of Thailand, India, South Korea, Japan, Indonesia and Syria in an armada of cuisine that would have made the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) admiral Zheng He smile.

Surprise package

Legend of lijiang

When folk singer Yan Bing opened a page on Chinese crowdfunding website Kaistart to raise money for a gig at Beijing's Exhibition Theater, the response was immediate.