The City’s Charming Chef

My new book, *The Fragrance of Cooked Pears*, is now available! A new Mrs. Zhao has arrived in Stone Lane, and a new food stall has opened on Bian River Street; chilled noodles, steamed wheat starch, meat in savory sauce, baked fish pies, fish soup, and assorted noodles... Every day, a long line forms in front of the stall; Zhao Xiyue: I have meals to cook and money to earn. The truth... Lu Minghe, the newly appointed deputy patrol officer of Kaifeng Prefecture: I’ll investigate! #When delicious food is right in front of you, eat first# #A young cook’s fight to survive in Bianjing# #The warmth of hearth and home, and the everyday efforts of ordinary people to get by# Keywords: food, mystery-solving, a small ensemble cast, daily life, family affairs, everyday street life, alternate history, transmigration Recommended completed food-and-farming novels by the author: *The Little Cook of the Frontier*, *Jade Cuisine and Fine Medicine*, *Eldest Sister Is Rich Beyond Measure*, *The Farmer’s Clever Second Wife*, *Fragrant Flavors*