A Gourmet's Guide to the Great Song Dynasty

Name: A Gourmet's Guide to the Great Song Dynasty
Author: Liu Haiyong

大宋饕客指南

by Liu Haiyong (刘海永)

Status: Completed
Length: 109k Words
Genre: Historical
Updated: 3y ago
Source: Fanqie

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8.7Score

9Chapters

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Synopsis

The wonderful writing talks about history as well as delicious food. This book combs and displays the eating habits of the Song Dynasty people in detail, outlines the dietary life of the Song Dynasty court, officialdom and folk in a hierarchical manner, and comprehensively displays the dietary scenery of the Song Dynasty people. Crab stuffed with orange, roasted pork belly, five-color tripe, roasted pork belly with wolfberry, pan-fried cherry, traditional Henan cuisine set of four treasures, braised roast duck... This book starts from food and goes into history, exploring the past and present life of dozens of delicacies and the secrets of making them. Dozens of secret recipes for traditional famous dishes are all given away, which makes you enjoy watching them and you will know how to cook them.

Reader comments

As the author said, starting from food to history made me feel like I had traveled back to the Song Dynasty and experienced the culture and life of that era. Moreover, the book also shares many secret recipes for making famous traditional dishes. You will be able to cook them after reading them. This is a great benefit for foodies! I think this book is very suitable for friends who like history and food. It is both enjoyable and informative to read!
5 likes2y ago
There are a lot of delicious food, quoted from the classics without being too literal, and talked about with great interest. I found many ancient food classics from them. This is no better than those food articles on the Internet!
2 likes2y ago