Mao Zedong's Health Preservation Diet and Lifestyle

Author: Gu Kuiqin, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This is a storybook. Almost every person familiar with Chairman Mao can recount several little-known, vivid, and interesting stories about his health and dietary habits. It is also a nutritional recipe book, compiled based on Chairman Mao's dietary stories. The book not only records some interesting and unique insights of Chairman Mao on food, such as "Eat some fatty meat to nourish the brain" and "It's better not to peel fruits," but also includes handwritten recipes from Chairman Mao's dining life, such as his birthday menu, daily menus, Western-style menus, uniquely prepared purslane recipes, and the menu he served to relatives and friends during his time in Shaoshan. It is also a cookbook. The book features numerous introductions to the cooking methods of some dishes by Chairman Mao's personal chefs, Han Afu and Cheng Ruming, many of which are not found in general cooking books. Through this book, readers can gain a deeper understanding of Chairman Mao's personality and spiritual world from another perspective.