Gourmand says eat

Author: Zhai Hongqi et al.
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: Several old Beijing residents gather regularly to chat, talking about "people meeting in the evening after sunset, with the twilight years of the mulberry and olive trees"; discussing the capital, the land, the sky, Hai Zi, city gates, camels, elephants, the Big Pagoda, and flagpoles; Dongdan, Xisi, Tianqiao, and Drum Tower, especially the food of old Beijing, as a verbal feast for reminiscing the past. "The people regard food as heaven," what color was the sky back then in their minds, vividly presented in this book, as a token of the authors' heartfelt affection for Beijinger culture. The contributors to this small book include "Old Railway" Feng Chunming, "Old Electricity" Shi Hanjun and Zhao Yanru, the Beijing-based pharmacist and printing technician who returned from Taiwan, Fu Liucheng, and the retired middle school teacher Zhai Hongqi, as well as the retired doctor Fan Shuling. They gather regularly to chat, talking about "people meeting in the evening after sunset, with the twilight years of the mulberry and olive trees"; discussing the capital, the land, the sky, especially the food of old Beijing, as a verbal feast for reminiscing the past.