Cooking Author: Wang Zengqi Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House

◆The master's philosophy of food

◆The most complete collection of Mr. Wang Zengqi’s essays on food, including his paintings and calligraphy works for the first time.

◆The last scholar-official in China, the only prose master who connects modern literature with contemporary literature. His writings are full of "joy of life".

◆Wang is a fox, who has become a wise man through cultivation. ——Jia Pingwa

◆Records of people, landscapes, culture, anecdotes, and plants, insects, fish, fruits, and food, all with interest. Occasionally, a small textual research is also welcome. Talking in a lingering manner, with a friendly attitude, not reserved. The writing seeks elegance and cleanliness, with little embellishment, like flowing clouds and running water. New chives in early spring and late cabbage in late autumn have similar tastes.

Content introduction——

Wang Zengqi is a person who has shortened the distance between the desire for food and elegant culture. He claims that he likes to go to the vegetable market: "When I arrive in a new place, some people like to go to department stores, some people like to go to bookstores, but I would rather go to the vegetable market. Seeing live chickens and ducks, fresh vegetables, and bright red peppers, it is lively and crowded, and makes people feel the joy of life."

This book is the most comprehensive collection of Wang Zengqi's beautiful essays on food. The paintings and calligraphy by Wang Zengqi and his delicate and subtle essays complement each other. The book is made beautiful with the help of Wang Zengqi's essays for the readers' enjoyment.

Wang Zengqi (1920-1997) was born in Gaoyou, Jiangsu Province. In 1939, he was admitted to the Chinese Department of Southwest Associated University, where he studied under Yang Zhensheng, Wen Yiduo, and Zhu Ziqing. He was a disciple of Mr. Shen Congwen. He was a Chinese teacher in a middle school and a staff member of the History Museum. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he worked in the Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Chinese Folk Literature and Art Research Association, and edited publications such as "Beijing Literature and Art", "Talk and Sing", and "Folk Literature". In 1958, he was wrongly labeled as a rightist. At the end of 1962, he was transferred to the Beijing Peking Opera Troupe (Institute) as a screenwriter.

He has served as a director of the Beijing Drama Association, a director of the China Writers Association, and a consultant of the China Writers Association. He has published more than 40 collections of novels and essays at home and abroad. His representative works include the novels "Shoujie" and "Da Nao Jishi".