ZHEJIANG, a coastal province in east China, boasts over 1,000 miles of coastline. To the east is the East China Sea, and to the north is the famous Taihu Lake, which all makes the area rich in seafood and rare species of freshwater fish. It is known as a fertile “land of fish and rice.” To the southwest sits the mountainous areas which are famous for wild delicacies. In the center, there is the Jinhua-Quzhou Basin, home to the world renowned Jinhua ham. It is traditionally produced with the hindquarter of a breed of pigs native to China known as the “two ends black.”