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Dunlop, Fuchsia.
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Food habits -- China.
Cooking, Chinese.
Cooking, Chinese -- History.
Gastronomy -- China -- History.
Eating customs -- China.
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Dunlop, Fuchsia.
Food habits -- China.
Cooking, Chinese.
Cooking, Chinese -- History.
Gastronomy -- China -- History.
Eating customs -- China.
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Invitation
to a
banquet
: the
story
of
Chinese
food
/ Fuchsia Dunlop.
by
Dunlop, Fuchsia.
W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
Call #:
394.120951 D922i
Subjects
Food
habits -- China.
Cooking,
Chinese
.
Cooking,
Chinese
-- History.
Gastronomy -- China -- History.
Eating customs -- China.
ISBN:
9780393867138 (hc)
Edition:
1st American ed.
Description:
466 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Notes:
First published in 2023 in Great Britain by Penguin UK.
Some terms also in
Chinese
.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-414) and index.
Summary:
"The world’s most sophisticated gastronomic culture, brilliantly presented through a
banquet
of thirty
Chinese
dishes.
Chinese
was the earliest truly global cuisine. When the first
Chinese
laborers began to settle abroad, restaurants appeared in their wake. Yet
Chinese
has the curious distinction of being both one of the world's best-loved culinary traditions and one of the least understood. For more than a century, the overwhelming dominance of a simplified form of Cantonese cooking ensured that few foreigners experienced anything of its richness and sophistication -- but today that is beginning to change. In
Invitation
to a
Banquet
, award-winning cook and writer Fuchsia Dunlop explores the history, philosophy, and techniques of
Chinese
culinary culture. In each chapter, she examines a classic dish, from mapo tofu to Dongpo pork, knife-scraped noodles to braised pomelo pith, to reveal a distinctive aspect of
Chinese
gastronomy, whether it's the importance of the soybean, the lure of exotic ingredients, or the history of Buddhist vegetarian cuisine. Meeting
food
producers, chefs, gourmets, and home cooks as she tastes her way across the country, Fuchsia invites readers to join her on an unforgettable journey into
Chinese
food
as it is cooked, eaten, and considered in its homeland. Weaving together history, mouthwatering descriptions of
food
, and on-the-ground research conducted over the course of three decades,
Invitation
to a
Banquet
is a lively, landmark tribute to the pleasures and mysteries of
Chinese
cuisine."--Publisher.
Genre:
Travel writing.
Holds:
5
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