Tasting Paradise on Earth: Jiangnan FoodwaysPreparing and consuming food is an integral part of identity formation, which in contemporary China embodies tension between fast forward modernization and cultural nostalgia. Jin Feng's wide ranging exploration of cities in the Lower Yangzi Delta or Jiangnan, a region known for its paradisiacal beauty and abundant resources illustrates how people preserve culinary inheritance while also revamping it for the new millennium. Throughout Chinese history,