Zhou Fenna, a columnist in Taiwan Province Province who is good at writing literature, history and food, wrote "The Legend of Taste-Celebrities and the Past Life of Food" (Sanlian Bookstore), and skillfully labeled celebrities other than food: Bai Xianyong's love for Guilin rice noodles, Zhu Ziqing's relationship with Yangzhou snacks, Zhang Ailing's love for Shanghai-style western food, the love of celebrities in the south of the Yangtze River .. Sichuan Old Newspaper, a "Buddha eater". In The Story of Eating (Zhu Zhu, Yuelu Bookstore), Ding Ying is really a story about kung pao chicken finding out the evil eunuch Andehai. A bowl of bacon porridge actually involves the history of Lu Xiufu escorting the little emperor to flee in the Southern Song Dynasty! In addition to the taste of the dishes, the series of characters, stories and historical background make the diet more attractive. The two books, The Story of Eating in the South of China and The Story of Eating in the North of China (Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House), come straight to the point, telling many anecdotes about food by province and region, not only telling stories, but also researching the sources and even founders of some famous foods, which fully shows that China's food culture has a long history. In these books, the content about diet is only the carrier, and the author's real intention is to express deeper cultural connotation through diet, so it is very popular with readers with high cultural literacy.
Xu Chengbei, a cultural scholar, has a good understanding of diet. His "Beijing Omnivorous Food" (People's Literature Publishing House) is filled with a preference for Beijing-style culture and reflects the vicissitudes of Beijing through diet. Food Essay: Memories of Drinking in Recent 50 Years (Sanlian Bookstore) is a food culture book with great influence recently. The author Zhao Heng calls himself a glutton and a "gourmet". The food written in the book is extensive, from which we can get a glimpse of the author's rich life experiences. China Food Culture and China Food Story (Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House) are two representative works of food culture from Taiwan Province Province.
Stories about Eating in China, such as Eating to the End of the World (World Knowledge Publishing House), Freedom of Eating (People's Literature Publishing House, Staff Sergeant Fu), Eating All over the World-A Picture of China Cuisine (Shandong Pictorial Publishing House, Zhao Zhu), Left Barbecue and Right Stewed Soup (Writers Publishing House, Gu Qingsheng) and so on, are all very personal.