Yuan Mei's Suí Yuán Shí Dān (随园食单 — "The Food Lists of Sui Yuan Garden," 1792) is the most important Chinese culinary text — a collection of recipes, techniques, and culinary philosophy from one of the Qing Dynasty's greatest literati. Yuan Mei was not a professional cook but a passionate amateur whose analytical intelligence produced the clearest articulation of Chinese culinary principles before the modern era. His text is studied in Chinese culinary schools to this day.
Key principles from Yuan Mei's Suí Yuán Shí Dān — translated from classical Chinese.
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