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"Suiyuan Food List" is a collection of classical Chinese essays written by Yuan Mei, a poet and essayist of the Qing Dynasty. The book is divided into instructions list, warning list, seafood list, fresh food list, special animal list, miscellaneous animal list, feather menu, aquatic scaled menu, aquatic scaleless menu, miscellaneous vegetable menu, small menu, snack menu, rice and porridge menu and tea and wine menu, a total of fourteen menus, plus a preface. His work describes in detail more than 320 kinds of dishes, meals, famous teas and wines popular in the Qing Dynasty from the north and the south. It also makes extremely incisive discussions on the selection, processing, cutting and cooking of the dishes, as well as the color, aroma, taste, shape and utensils of the dishes. It is called the "Food Classic" in Chinese history by gourmets at home and abroad.