As a diner who loves to eat and cook, nothing arouses my interest more than studying recipes. I just caught a glimpse of this book when I was visiting the library some time ago. It turns out that masters also have fireworks. There are also those menus that should look delicious, which are very suitable for my taste.

There were too many great people and great works in that era of the Republic of China. We can only learn about this person's personality, ability, thought and spirit from the historical textbook materials. Full-fledged posterity spectator posture.

And fireworks-scented food carries memories and emotions.

When you know what the person behind these flashing names likes to eat, and what origin these foods have with them, and what feelings they have entrusted, you can easily cross the gap between the history of the Republic of China and the real world, and the masters will become flesh and blood.

Although this book is about "eating" in family life in the Republic of China, what is fascinating is the short stories of these masters behind food. The author starts with eating, and tells many anecdotes and gossip. It turns out that Zhang Ailing, a talented writer, can not only drink cow cheese black tea and delicious afternoon tea at West Point in her apartment in Shanghai, but also make do with take-away food when she is abroad. It turns out that Lu Xun loves desserts. As a Shaoxing native, he actually likes to eat northern food and eat out. It turns out that Cheng Yanqiu, a famous actor, has been drinking hard liquor all his life. It turns out that Zhang Xueliang is not calculating and wily, but willful and impulsive and loves to eat. Zhang Daqian, Shen Congwen, Yu Dafu, Hu Shi and so on are more than 2 literary masters of the Republic of China. They are all foodies. I am deeply impressed by the kindred spirit, and I am close to a lot at once.

I was particularly touched when I saw Zhang Ailing looking for food in Shanghai when she was fascinated abroad. See what food, and then recall someone, something, once you eat the taste in memory, happiness will follow.

The so-called "a gentleman cooks from afar" has been regarded by men as a sharp weapon for being lazy in the kitchen. The lovely Qian Zhongshu is not like this. Egg bread prepared by Qian Zhongshu himself, milk and black tea breakfast, and moon chicken soup that Mr. Yang Jiang still remembers many years later. Yang Jiang is virtuous and strong. In order for her husband to study with peace of mind, she happily changed from a "ten fingers without touching the spring water" to a "maid under the stove" who works hard. Qian Zhongshu's "Give me a peach and reward me with Qiong Yao" is different and an example. After all, at that time, the requirements for women were still to "get to the hall and get to the kitchen."

In modern China, the ups and downs of life are not only the pride of Ma Ge being buried, but also the triviality and warmth of rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. The National SouthWest Associated University teachers and students in the process of moving south, living in a vagrant life, can still talk about current war affairs with passion, while holding coffee carefully and happily. Sentient and righteous Shao Xunmei, in order to invite Lu Xiaoman to have a decent meal, did not hesitate to sell the ancestral seal of "Yaojiang Shaw Book Collection". When Zhang Xueliang was in confinement, he and his wife "walked shoulder to shoulder" step by step, and it was a great pleasure to walk around with friends. Zhang Xueliang's letter to Miss Zhao Si is really full of lovesickness, reporting what he ate and what he likes to eat. It's hard to imagine, so trivial and tender, so affectionate. Bao Yaoming, a literary lover who gave timely help, carefully mailed Zhou Zuoren a life package. Regardless of his attributes for the time being, we can also see Zhou Zuoren's care and compassion for his wife from their trivial letters.

In front of delicious food, even the biggest differences can be put aside. As the author said: "The relationship between people and food is always so wonderful. Obviously, one second is still love and hate, and the next second, I suddenly inserted a bowl of red bean sweet porridge under the dim light, which added a lot of tenderness. " This book, that is, for that special era of the Republic of China, added a bowl of red bean sweet porridge, which was warm and full of sweetness.

If you have friends who can eat together, meet again after a long separation, or hang out for a long time, talk about food and talk about China and foreign countries, just like Zhang Xueliang's turn-around party, every time you get together, you will enjoy it.

Mencius said, "Eating color is also sexual". The pursuit of good food is human instinct. This is true for both men and women from ancient times to the present. There is a saying, "If you want to catch a man's heart, you must catch a man's stomach." In fact, both men and women can work.

for a standard eater who likes to eat and cook, what needs to be done next is to study the menu.

I didn't know the author of this book until I read Douban, so I don't recommend it.

Other tweets: The Best Taste on Earth, The Story of Langshi, The Mountain Family's Clear Confessions, The Record of Raising a Small Family, The Elegant Room's Talk about Eating, and The Food List with the Garden

Uncle Han's reading and writing training camp+＋faith.