Freedom to eat

Author: Fu Zhongshi
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: Through not too much or too little, he has spent time in not clear or unclear prisons. He has served as not too high or too low officials, earned not too much or too little money. He has lived to not too old or too young an age, lived a life of not too poor or too rich. Two years ago, in not too cold or too hot season, he suffered from a not too serious or not too light illness. To pass the time of not too painful or not too itchy during illness, he learned to write a few not too coherent articles. The philosophy of not falling behind others in front of people, quite fits Laozi's saying, "The mediocre man hears the Dao, as if it were present or absent." He is indeed a mediocre man.
This is a collection of essays that expresses food culture through writing about food. The famous writer Wang Zengqi said, "This is a remarkable book." The author is not a chef, though writing about food from the outside, but in the more than forty table essays in the book, such as "The Great Round Table of the Chinese," "Dying for Fugu," and "Ari's Noodle Soup," the "scenery under the chopsticks" presented shows a strong sense of "carrying the Dao through eating." The author's profound knowledge, humorous wit, and unique thinking make readers gain knowledge, enjoy pleasure, and reflect on society through food.