The dishes and recipes in this book that come from ancient texts are identified as such. The rest are recipes the author devised and tried. These are original, so please don't plagiarize!!!
[Charming, witty tavern proprietress x upright, scheming Grand Academician]
Fine wine in golden cups, delicacies on jade plates; wine drinkers arrive, and spring breezes stir the peach and plum blossoms.
Beneath the moon is a wine called "Drunk Alone," and the Ye family has a daughter named Zhenzhen.
In Yuezhou, famous for its brewing, the Moonlit House is always bustling with guests. Its young proprietress, Ye Zhenzhen, is good at brewing wine, cooking, and... keeping the books.
Spring: shepherd's purse wontons and wild spring vegetable platters.
Summer: lotus-pod fish parcels and steamed dishes wrapped in pagoda tree leaves.
Autumn: crab roe tofu and osmanthus cakes.
Winter: steamed lamb in a bowl with Wolong Mountain spring water.
And fragrant snow wine, its light amber glow... She thought she would spend her days peacefully like this, but a marriage arrangement and an old case forced her to venture into the capital.
Brewing wine, cooking, opening a tavern. What awaits her in the game she must start from scratch? She can't see how things will end, but she moves forward without hesitation, growing along the way into a businesswoman who can stand on her own.
Romance
One is rooted in the bustle of everyday life, the other is as radiant as the wind and moon. Though they seem to be going in opposite directions, the two grow ever closer. Love is like brewing wine: timing, place, and people must all come together. Can two people who understand and love each other stay together until old age?
A guide to enjoying this tavern:
1. The setting is the Northern Song Dynasty. I try to stay close to historical fact, but please don't nitpick. Thank you!
2. Happy ending. There is both food and plot, not just one storyline. The overall tone is light and warm.
3. The main storyline follows the heroine, Ye Zhenzhen, as she runs her tavern, alongside storylines for other supporting characters.
4. None of the main cast are perfect. No one has a golden finger, and they are all natives of this world, not people who transmigrate.
5. Some of the reference books: Records of the Eastern Capital, The Northern Mountain Wine Classic, Old Tales of Wulin, Records of Dreams of Splendor, Mountain Home: A Simple Offering, Song Banquet, and others.
6. Currency conversion in this book: silver standard, one tael of silver = one string of cash = 1,000 coins = 770 cash coins (all approximate).
Purchasing power: for example, a luxury mansion in Bianliang costs 10,000 taels of silver, a high-end official residence costs 5,000 taels, an ordinary home costs 500 taels, and the average annual income is about 30 strings of cash.
Theme: Love is like brewing wine; earning a living and finding love go hand in hand
The food is delicious, the plot is clever, and it's a real treat
The food is well written, but the emotional lines are average.
The love part of this novel is really painful to read. Wouldn't it be nice to just say it outright? I hugged it, touched it, and kept guessing about it every day. It was very boring. Moreover, the male and female protagonists are not at all restrained and conservative like those between men and women in ancient times. It is really uncomfortable to watch.
I read a chapter. Is this the author's first time writing an article? The writing style is a bit immature. In a food article, I thought the heroine was cooking the food herself, but it turned out to be the boss lady.
I went to Qixia Temple to eat plain noodles!! Particularly refreshing 😳😳
Not bad, the food is well written
Suddenly discovered that Su Mu and Zhao Zhe were Su Muzhe
In this chapter, I saw the tenacity of women in this era and the pure and beautiful friendship between women. I really like the author's wife's words, come on!
Finally got married, although some of it was deleted [Let me be healthy]
Very well written! Xiaoye is so cute~