Dietary Record 4: Purple Water Cloud Scatters

Author: Li Bihua
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: This is a collection of essays where Li Bihua explores the culture of Chinese and foreign cuisine through thematic cultural pieces. By describing famous dishes and delicacies from various regions, the book combines folklore and history to inspire multidimensional reflections on urban popular culture. The essays in this book continue to showcase Li Bihua's signature style of humor, elegance, and sharp, spicy wit. The essays include: "Music Pain Relief Soda," "Mud Slippers in the Pot," "Live-Drawn Donkey Intestines Are a Delicacy," "Challenging 200 Cloves of Garlic," "Split-Open German Buns," "We Are Also Pickled Vegetables," "Baking French Fries and Coke for the Young," "Cat Ears Without Scars," "Coffee Addicts," "Peanut Butter Chronicle," "Rose and Sage Yogurt," "An Excellent Rice Noodle Roll," "Genghis Khan Was Here," "Fussy Foods," "Eating Basil Leaves," "The Memory of 'Golden Unchangeable'," "Mellow Red Wine Sugar," "The Wisdom of Red Oil Wontons," "Extravagant and Luxurious 'Destruction of the Nation'," "'Dog-Not-Reasonable' Sells What," "A Soldier Who Drinks Ink," "Old and Young, Safe and Lucky," "Yearcake Like a Woman," "'Tang Ink' or 'Tang Inkstone'," "Moist and Lazy Tiramisu," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon White Cut Chicken," "'355' Cuisine," "Exaggerated Golden Millet," "The Trouble of 'Oil-Leaking'," "Old Affection with a Small Electric Stove," "Cold Curry Loses Points," "Fruity Aroma in Times of Despair," "The 'Pork Chop Year' on Yunnan Road," "Violent Beef Blood Intestines," "Monkey's Gallstones," "Dull Tomato Sauce," "Fish and Chips Also Have a Breakthrough," etc.