湘菜

湘 is the Xiang River in Hunan and also an abbreviation for Hunan, and 菜 is vegetable or dish or cuisine, so 湘菜 is Hunan cuisine or Xiang cuisine.

Hunan cuisine is one of the eight great cuisines of China. Hunan cuisine is known for a characteristic spiciness, although it is a dry spiciness, different from the numbing spiciness (麻辣 of Sichuan cuisine).

Books

Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook: Recipes from Hunan Province by Fuschia Dunlop.

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