Editor's note: Traditional and fusion cooking styles, regional and international ingredients and a new awareness of healthy eating are all factors contributing to an exciting time for Chinese cuisine.

BEIJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- China is known as the hometown of tea. For thousands of years, tea has been deeply rooted in Chinese culture and has been an integral part of Chinese people's daily life.

"How beautiful the jasmine is! How beautiful the jasmine is! A sweet smell covers the budding twigs. So fragrant, so white, admired by all lips." The famed Chinese folk song Jasmine Flower has reached ...