The snacks in eastern Hubei are rich in variety and have a long history. Hard-working, intelligent and hospitable people in eastern Hubei like to entertain guests with homemade mead, cakes and delicious food on festivals or when relatives and friends visit or important guests come to their homes. After a long period of accumulation, many unique traditional dishes and snacks with local flavor have been formed in eastern Hubei, such as fried dumplings with roasted plum in Huangzhou, chicken soup with dog's feet in Tuanfeng, silver hollow noodles of meat pie in Macheng, mung bean harrow in Hongan, crisp sugar in Wuxue and silver harrow in Luotian. These snacks, full of local colors in eastern Hubei, can be used as gifts for relatives and friends, and are also rare local specialties for entertaining VIPs.

After Su Shi, a writer and gourmet, came to Huangzhou, he personally made many exquisite and delicious dishes. Locals call these dishes "Dongpo dishes", such as Dongpo meat, Dongpo fish and Dongpo soup. In addition, there are some local delicacies that Su Shi likes to eat. In memory of Su Shi, people also put the word "Dongpo" in front of these foods, such as Dongpo cake.