A Record of Bianjing Cuisine

(My new book, A Guide to Life as a Concubine's Daughter, is now updating. Please add it to your favorites.) (On behalf of all readers of Bianjing Food Stories, I have donated to Henan. Stay strong, Henan.) Reader's Guide: Everyday life in the Northern Song, with old-fashioned food and family gossip. Book Blurb: When the Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue's family falls from grace, his youngest daughter, Cigu, survives by chance and scrapes by in the city. She takes all sorts of jobs around Bianjing, even working as a weighmaster, one of the lowest-class occupations, and bathing the elephants in the elephant pavilion. At last, she saves enough capital to open her own food stall: Hot oil sizzles as tender scallion-splashed rabbit bubbles away; A bite of fake clam made with Ji fish is savory and fresh, with a rich broth; Pan-fried quail dipped in a bowl of bright red, spicy dogwood sauce is fragrant, savory, and numbing; Soft, sweet pomegranate lion cakes give off an irresistible aroma... Cigu's Sayings as a Working Girl: 1. Good morning, Bianjing! Good morning, fellow workers! 2. Don't invite me to anything that costs more than five coins. 3. Living in the capital is no easy matter. Most of the hardship comes from working, but I know that if I don't work, all my hardship will come from being broke. So between working and being broke, I choose to work. 4. Girls who make money are the cutest! The dish names in this book all come from historical texts. Their recipes have been lost, so the author has devised the methods. These are exclusive creations: please do not plagiarize. Completed works: Selling Flowers in Bianjing, I Can Never Spend It All, I Opened a Restaurant in the Demon Realm. Please add them to your favorites. Please add the author's page to your favorites. Please add A Song Dynasty Family in the City to your favorites. Theme: Girls who strive to better themselves and earn money with their own hands are the cutest.