A Bite of China (Culinary Experts Talk About Famous Foods)

Author: Ma Mingbo, Xiao Yao compiled
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Publishing Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Famous people and famous foods always have an inexplicable bond. In A Bite of China, we are fortunate to savor the flavors of famous foods as described by cultural luminaries. Following the pen of Liang Shiqiu, Zhou Zuoren, Feng Zikai, Bing Xin, Ye Shengtao, and Wang Zengqi, our eyes wander through the words, embarking on an imagined culinary journey. In a bowl of soup, we drink the taste of an entire era; a single loquat may represent a summer that will never return again. Those years, that season, that place, that custom, that story gradually become complete and fulfilling. The memories of many cultural figures about famous local delicacies overlap and shine, giving rise to A Bite of China, a book filled with flavor. These written-about delicacies carry a strong humanistic aura, elegant and exquisite. They are not merely a textual recollection of taste. The greatest reward after reading is not just "eating with eyes" to so many delicious human delicacies, but rather experiencing the love and appreciation for life from these articles.