一方烟火在华夏

《一方烟火在华夏》是一部以"食"为题的饮食文化散文集，全书共计十九篇作品，总字数约4.2万字。

作者刘影沿着一年四季与时令节气的脉络，把华夏大地上的一蔬一饭，写成一篇篇可读、可品、可回味的美文。全书既写天南海北的风物滋味——岭南的莲藕、螃蟹与月饼，东莞的荔枝柴烧鹅、长安大盆菜、莞邑春笋与千年荔枝；也写川渝的口水鸡、川味腊肠，粤西客家的年夜饭、糯米油角与"龙抬头"盛宴，还有春日新茶、木棉花、山野里的苦斋婆，以及父亲杯中的那壶茉莉花茶。作者引经据典，追溯每一味食物背后的文史典故、民俗源流与烹饪门道，落笔却始终不离灶台烟火与亲历亲尝，写的是吃食，更是藏在食物里的乡愁、亲情与人间情意。

需要特别说明的是，本书所收文章，均已发表于国家级刊物《中国食品》杂志。

民以食为天。食物是最没有国界的语言，也是认识一个民族最温暖的入口。愿这一方人间烟火跨越山海，欢迎世界各国、各界、男女老少的朋友共读共品——无论你身在何处，都能在这一碗一箸之间，尝到华夏饮食的丰厚，也尝到属于自己的那份人间至味。

One Corner of Everyday Warmth in China is a collection of nineteen essays on Chinese food culture, containing around 42,000 characters in total.

Following the turning of the seasons and the rhythm of Chinas traditional solar terms, the author turns the humblest ingredients into writing to be read, savoured and remembered. The essays travel from table to table across the land: lotus root, crab and mooncake in the south; Dongguans lycheewood roast goose, the Changan "bigbowl" feast, spring bamboo shoots and lychees with a thousandyear history; Sichuans colddressed chicken and spicy sausage; the Hakka New Years Eve dinner, fried glutinous dumplings and the "Dragon Raises Its Head" banquet of western Guangdong; and spring tea, kapok blossoms, wild mountain greens, and the pot of jasmine tea shared with a father. Drawing on classical texts and folk custom, each piece traces where a dish came from, how it is made and what it means — yet it always stays close to the kitchen fire and to lived experience. These are essays about food; they are also essays about homesickness, family and the warmth of ordinary life.

Most importantly, every essay in this collection has already been published in China Food (Zhongguo Shipin), a nationallevel journal in China.

"Food is the first necessity of the people." Food is a language without borders and the warmest doorway into a culture. May this corner of everyday warmth cross mountains and seas to welcome readers from every country and every walk of life — men and women, young and old. Wherever you are, may you taste, between bowl and chopsticks, the richness of Chinese cuisine and a flavour that feels like your own.