★ Reading this book is like tasting a cup of white tea, and facing life with a "slow, low, and soft" attitude.
★ The collection of exquisite essays by Qiao Ye, the winner of the Lu Xun Literature Prize and the People's Literature Prize, tells about various kinds of food in the north and south, with concise and lively characters and rich philosophy of life.
★ In the matter of "eating", the author is professional. This book can be used as a private collection of notes for food lovers, not only as a recipe for research, but also to increase knowledge.
★ The author's multiple works have been selected for senior high school Chinese reading analysis and senior high school Chinese examination papers.

This book contains twenty-five essays by Qiao Ye, including Popcorn, Something as Beautiful as Mint, A Cup of White Tea... The article is of appropriate length and describes various kinds of food in the north and south, such as meat pancakes, vegetarian balls, oil-sprayed noodles, egg white bean paste, and jump noodles The text is concise and lively, the narration is vivid and interesting, and there is a flicker of life philosophy between the lines, which is both literary and ideological. Just like a cup of white tea, it is mellow, beautiful, and sweet, leaving a lasting aftertaste.

Qiao Ye is the vice chairman of the Henan Writers Association and a member of the full committee of the Chinese Writers Association. She has published novels such as The Slow Is Alive, Confessions, The Story of the Pearl Collection, prose collections such as Wake up in the Late Night, and Wandering Away. He has won many literary awards, such as the Lu Xun Literature Award, the Solemn Literature Award, the Chinese Literature Media Award, the Beijing Literature Award, the People's Literature Award, the Chinese Original Novel Annual Award, and the First Splendid Literature Award.

001/ Precace/ Nie Zhenning

Volume 1
003 / Meat Pancakes Gossip
015 / Vegetarian Balls Notes
026 / Autumn Dumpling
029 / A Bowl of Noodles
041 / Daffodil Dishes
043 / The Woman Who Sells Spicy Skewers
047 / Shanxi Noodle Eating Notes
058 / Several Words about Mooncakes
070 / Philosophy of Oil-sprayed Noodles
081 / The Matter of Pie
093 / About the Pancake
098 / Something as Beautiful as Mint
102 / Home Cooking

Volume 2
139 / Notes on Bitter and Spicy Dishes
145 / Eat Roasted Whole Sheep on the Dam
150 / Egg White Bean Paste and Others
155 / Zhang's Dumplings
161 / Origin of Jump Noodles
172 / Love the Sourest Fruit
177 / Cellar Pool and Wine
185 / Two Bowls of Tart Noodles
195 / Recognize the Species of Ginger
211 / Ripe Wheat Tastes Bad
214 / A Cup of White Tea
227 / Chat with the Chef

275/ Postscript/ Wang Jianbing