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Dec 2024
20m 57s

Upper-intermediate | Shopping for a Rice...

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If rice is the staple of the Chinese diet, then the electric rice cooker is the staple of the Chinese kitchen. In this lesson, learn about the range of options available to the rice cooker shopper, and which features are most important to the discriminating Chinese consumer. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1492

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