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The Holiday season is upon us, and while it's always a blessing to reunite with family and friends around the table, for those of us tasked with hosting duties, this can often be a stressful time.  Whenever we host big groups of friends at home, we like to look to the Chinese-perfected art of communal dining for inspiration. Perhaps there's a reason why hot pot is such a popular past time in Sichuan- not only is it healthy and delicious, there's also something about the act of cooking your own food together over a steaming cauldron of hearty broth that makes the experience that much tastier. Plus...

One of the most famous street snacks in Chengdu, Zhong Dumplings have been a favorite of mine ever since I can remember. I can still recall taking my first bite at the age of five in a fly restaurant near my grandparent’s home, the chili oil dribbling down my chin, eyes wide at the indescribably delicious combination of juicy pork, sweet soy sauce, garlic and sesame. I was hooked, and years later, it was that memory that brought me back to Chengdu to begin my journey of building Fly By Jing.    Since I started hosting supper clubs in my former private kitchen...

It's that time of year again!  🌿The 2019 Tribute Pepper harvest is upon us.

A NOTE FROM JENNY Happy 4th of July weekend everyone!  Today is significant to us for a couple of reasons. It happens to be my birthday.  Somehow, cosmically, it's also exactly one year since the completion of our Kickstarter campaign, what birthed this brand and set this entire adventure in motion. We are grateful to all 1683 of you trailblazers who saw our vision and signed on first to help us make Fly By Jing a reality. Thank you also to everyone who has joined us since, helping us push forward our mission of bringing diversity to the natural food space.  I started Fly By Jing because I...

Our friends at Goldthread, a platform for visual storytelling exploring Chinese culture and its people, recently celebrated their first birthday and made this video asking "What does Chinese food mean to you?".  In it, a group of Asian-American chefs and Fly By Jing founder Jenny Gao talked about their experiences growing up wanting to distance themselves from their food, their identity, and how that very thing they once rejected has become their path to finding purpose and meaning.  It wasn't always cool to pull out a school lunch of dumplings, fried rice, and other immigrant staples, but we can be proud of how much has changed since those days! We asked on Instagram what Chinese food means to...