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BOOK

Notes on food

Food critic Dong Keping recently unveiled his new book Chi Xian'er (Enjoy the Taste)－Dong Keping's Food Notes in Beijing. He was an adviser for the popular TV documentary series, A Bite of China.

"It's about my personal gourmet experience in the past two years. Food would reach your mind through your stomach and each taste is indelible," Dong says.

Published by Qingdao Publishing House, the book recorded nearly 50 jottings about delicious cuisine from home and abroad, ranging from homemade noodles, Chaozhou dishes to sashimi. The book presents characteristics of delicious dishes and delves into their history and culture. With its guidance, gourmets would know where and when to taste yummy food, such as having globefish around Tomb Sweeping Day and eating eels in the summer in eastern China.