Cookbook:Cuisine of China

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Chinese cuisine is actually not a single entity, but instead is made up of the individual cuisines of many provinces and ethnics groups of China. So combined together, there are perhaps thousands of types all over the China. That is why Chinese have a famous old saying "Cuisine is heavenly in first priority" （民以食为天）.However, there are some common ingredients and philosophies about most Chinese foods.

First and foremost, Chinese believe that having a knife at the table is barbaric. This means dishes are usually prepared in portions to be eaten directly with chopsticks or spoons. Second, Chinese foods are usually served warm and well-cooked.

Common ingredients include:

Genres of Cuisine

It is a common sense to most Chinese that there are eight main genres (or types) of cuisine in China. They are:


The genres are mainly based on the provinces of old China.

However, nowadays new cuisine types are created and there could be more than eight types.

Cuisines

The cuisines of modern China:

Others:

Recipes

Please see our listing of Chinese recipes.

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