Alternative Song and Yuan Dynasties: Using Food to Analyze History

This book is a popular historical book. It intends to show the Song and Yuan Dynasties that everyone has never known from the perspective of food. From Su Dongpo's search for the most delicious "food and sex" life in the ups and downs; to Cai Jing's dramatic experience of being extravagant and voracious, but eventually starving to death; telling how the Dingsheng cake gradually emerged on the historical stage along with the ups and downs of the fate of the Han people in the troubled times of war, and what kind of expectations and enthusiasm it placed... Using food to talk about the Song and Yuan Dynasties, embodying emotion in the taste buds. The author is familiar with the historical and geographical documents and empirical evidence of the Song Dynasty, and has the best knowledge of food history materials in the industry. His writing style is elegant and fluent, and his narrative is mixed with his own taste experience, which is quite interesting. This is another book following "Alternative Tang Dynasty: Using Food to Analyze History" that interprets the history of the dynasty from the perspective of food.