Chongqing

Author: Wu Wanli
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Hosted by "Honored Chef of China," featuring over 300 exquisite home-style Chongqing dishes, blending tradition with modernity! Suitable for the dietary habits of "savoring taste, enjoying aroma." Ingredients are easy to buy, dishes are easy to make, and flavors are delicious. This book selects over 300 Chongqing home-style dishes, covering 7 major categories: cold dishes, stir-fried, braised, fried, steamed, soups, and snacks. "Homestyle" means "home dishes that are always available without far-fetched searches," and when used for dishes, it means "home dishes that are always available like crowns." Chongqing homestyle is essentially a microcosm of Chongqing Sichuan cuisine. It embodies the essence of heaven and earth, draws the vitality of outstanding people, was born in the songs of the Yangtze River boatmen, and grew in the ballads of the Xiangjiang River. It skillfully blends the vast and profound, long-standing culture of the Ba people, the simple, unadorned, straightforward, and generous culture of the two rivers, the inclusive, rich, and diverse culture of the War of Resistance, and the culture of inheriting civilization and endless charm of the Three Gorges. With its distinctive features of originating from the folk, convenient ingredients, wide adaptability, rich flavor variations, and strong local flavor, it is beloved and widely acclaimed. It is easy to buy ingredients, easy to make dishes, delicious in taste, and pleasing in appearance—these are the basic conditions of homestyle dishes. Seeking balance among the five flavors, softness within the pungency, layers in the taste, and richness in the savory—these are the essence of homestyle dishes. "Chongqing Homestyle Dishes" is rooted in the masses and the market, serving as a good teacher and friend for home cooking enthusiasts and restaurant chefs to improve their culinary skills.