I found this incredible series on street food around the world on the Al Jazeera English edition of all places. We'll start with an episode on street food in Beijing.

China's economy is expanding at an astounding rate - but its waistlines are too.The food of the streets tells the story of a culture torn between tradition and modernity, the customs of an ancient past competing with the convenience age of the new. What will survive and what will be lost? In a China which has gone within two generations from mass starvation to mass obesity, what does the future hold?

Part 1

Part 2