川菜

The Chinese characters for Sichuan, 四川, is four rivers (四 is four and 川 is (and looks like) river). 菜 is vegetables but also more generally type of dish or cuisine, so 四川菜 is Sichuan cuisine. But it's generally shortened to 川菜.

Sichuan cuisine, one of the great eight great cuisines of China, is the food of Sichuan province (otherwise known in English as Szechuan), famous, or notorious, for its spiciness), although the cuisine features a variety of flavors and spice levels.

Books

The Food of Sichuan by Fuschia Dunlop is a compendium of Sichuan recipes and reminiscences. I also recommend her memoir.

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