Vision surges in front of you. You must seize this vision with the brush, because it can disappear suddenly, as the hare when the hunter approaches.
Su Dongpo (Su Shi), a Chinese poet.
The popularity of this fine Chinese poet has not only survived the centuries, but spread well outside the art of writing, onto the art of cooking. The famous Dongpo’s Pork dish owes its name to Su Shi’s exile when, according to a legend, he took to play a game of chess with his friend, while cooking this red-braised pork in Chinese fermented wine.
Clearly, it is not just in France or Italy that cooking is l’art de vivre…