When the weather turns cold, crank up the hot pot
Print It’s a question that goes around a lot lately: What do you most miss about the old, pre-pandemic normal? For some, it’s gathering with family at the holidays; for others, it’s going out for live music or a movie; for still others, it’s travel. But for me, it’s gathering in a restaurant with friends, dipping bits of thinly sliced meat and fresh Asian vegetables, somewhat fondue-like, in a roiling, boiling pot of spicy and savory Sichuan hot pot broth. Hot pot is a $100 billion industry in China. Until recently, though, America largely resisted its allure. That has begun to ch...