In 1795, three years before his death, Yuan Mei published his now-famous book, Sui-yuan Shi-tan. This book's title is translated as Sui-Yuan's Menus and sometimes people translate it as …

Yuan Mei was born in Qiantang (錢塘, in modern Hangzhou), Zhejiang province, to a cultured family who had never before attained high office. He achieved the degree of jinshi in 1739 at …

Jun 26, 2024 · Yuan Mei is a dazzling star among these few stars. In the spring of 307 years ago, Yuan Mei was born in a scholarly family in Hangzhou. At the age of 23, he became famous in …

This paper is a study of the miscellaneous writings on cooking and dining by the eighteenth-century poet, poetry critic, essayist, and gourmet Yuan Mei (1716-1798), with an emphasis on …

In this episode, we follow Qing dynasty scholar and gourmet Yuan Mei to Zhaoqing, Guangdong — a land of rivers, mountains, and unforgettable flavors.

Yuan Mei was a well-known poet, scholar, artist, and gastronome of the Qing Dynasty.

Yet outside China, he is popularly known not for his poetry but for authoring a seminal work on Chinese food, which is revered by Chinese chefs, but has never, until now, been published in …

Read the full biography of Yuan Mei, including facts, birthday, life story, profession, family and more.

Apr 21, 2025 · More than just a historical figure, Yuan Mei remains a compelling model of how to craft a meaningful life across multiple domains – a reminder that even in China’s last imperial …

May 31, 2019 · The Way of Eating: Yuan Mei`s Manual of Gastronomy (Suiyuan Shidan) is, remarkably, the first English edition of one of the world’s most famous books about food. The …