This book is a story about an English girl who went to China to learn the language. However, the power of her love for food changed the fate of the foreigner, who over the years became a real connoisseur of Eastern culinary traditions and examined the Celestial Empire in all its diversity. Winner of a number of prestigious literary awards, Fuchsia Dunlop discovered China in 1994. Since then, she has mastered the secrets of creating the most incredible miracles of Chinese cuisine. And he happily shares them with other people. Carrying away the story, you are transported from the bustling markets of Sichuan province to the plains of northern Gansu, from the oases of Xinjiang to the charming old city of Yangzhou... Thus, the doors to the world of one of the most amazing civilizations, and to this day, open before you leaving indifferent everyone who comes into contact with it.