Dylan, Martin mentioned Taishan x s is his hometown. He appeared in the Chinese American television program I posted a week ago. He grew up in American Chinatown and went back to Hong Kong learn Chinese cooking. In the last 10 years or so, he became the most famous Chinese chef on American television.
Food preparation is the most sophisticated art developed in China since pre-Qin period.
No other culture matches the high development in this area. Professor K C Chang i of Yale University wrote a research book on the cuisinary art of China.