林卫辉

Lin Weihui is an author for whom limited public information is available; details such as nationality, dates of birth and death, and an English name have not been clearly recorded, and three of his works are currently held in the Chinese book database. Judging from their subject matter, his writing centers on food culture and gastronomic essays. His representative works include This Life Has Flavor: Su Dongpo's Food Map, Seeking Flavors, and Yuan Mei's Fastidiousness: A Delightful Reading of the Suiyuan Shidan. These works explore the culinary tastes of the historical figures Su Shi and Yuan Mei and also include personal essays on seeking out flavors, showing that the author is adept at approaching his subject through classical texts and the lives of men of letters, blending culinary anecdotes, ingredients and local customs, and reading reflections into a single whole. His style tends toward lively, essayistic interpretation, focusing on recovering the fastidiousness and sentiment in the foodways of the ancients, and it forms a fairly distinct personal orientation within essays and food writing, suited to readers interested in traditional food culture.