日曬: Consider the Sun

sun-dried cabbage, end of season sale, and last chance before a Tatung price hike

Aug 28 • 

Lisa Cheng Smith

13

4

Studio Notes 07: Sweating the Small Stuff

or how to make signs

Aug 23

13

4

味王: MSG

king of flavor and our latest product launch

Aug 7 • 

Lisa Cheng Smith

20

4

Studio Notes 05: Old Yellow Book

designing a 2026 lunisolar almanac

Aug 2

20

July 2025

米乖乖: The Little Rice Puff that Could

limited edition flavors of a favorite Taiwanese snack

Jul 17 • 

Lisa Cheng Smith

17

2

June 2025

Cooking with Steam Episode 03: Cabbage Rice and Pork Rib Soup

pai gu tang gao li cai fan

Jun 20 • 

Lisa Cheng Smith

10

1

Studio Notes 04: Taiwanese New Wave

and a new photobook from Ibi Ibrahim

Jun 4

16

May 2025

滷味: Magical Master Stock

plus our new thirteen spice braise pack

May 16 • 

Lisa Cheng Smith

14

April 2025

糖烏: Color Story

the perfect tea egg and the new soy sauce that enables it

Apr 24 • 

Lisa Cheng Smith

15

5

Studio Notes 03: Tariffs

dumb math

Apr 9 • 

Lisa Cheng Smith

34

12

March 2025

稻之島: Island of Rice

or dao, as the case may be

Mar 5 • 

Lisa Cheng Smith

20

6

February 2025

Studio Notes 02: Shopkeep

a really cool chair and where to eat in Taitung

Feb 25 • 

Lisa Cheng Smith

13