An authentic Bhutanese summer salad made with cucumbers and a kick of Sichuan pepper.

Now before you @ me, there is an exception: I have long loved any Asian-style cucumber salad, whether it's smashed with Sichuan flavors or swimming in a rice vinegar-sesame dressing like this ...

For the salad, cut the cucumber lengthways into short strips ... Add the black peppercorns and Sichuan peppercorns and dry-roast them for a few seconds, shaking the pan now and then, until ...

This Sichuan dish of pork belly and shaved cucumbers ... Restaurants usually serve the thinly sliced pork belly wrapped around a piece of cucumber, but that’s a little too fussy for a homestyle ...

There’s even a Szechuan-style cucumber salad. None of it really makes sense together (especially as far as barbecue restaurants go) — until you get there and eat. Read More ...