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Compestine, Ying Chang.
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Ghost stories -- Juvenile literature.
Ghosts -- Juvenile literature.
Cooking, Chinese -- Juvenile literature.
Families -- China -- Juvenile literature.
Folklore -- China -- Juvenile literature.
Cooking -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
Tales -- China -- Juvenile literature.
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Compestine, Ying Chang.
Ghost stories -- Juvenile literature.
Ghosts -- Juvenile literature.
Cooking, Chinese -- Juvenile literature.
Families -- China -- Juvenile literature.
Folklore -- China -- Juvenile literature.
Cooking -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
Tales -- China -- Juvenile literature.
China -- Juvenile literature.
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Banquet for hungry ghosts : a collection of deliciously frightening tales / Ying Chang Compestine ; illustrated by Coleman Polhemus.
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Compestine, Ying Chang.
Tumbling Dumpling Media, c2009.
Call #:
398
.20951
C737b
Subjects
Ghost stories -- Juvenile literature.
Ghosts -- Juvenile literature.
Cooking, Chinese -- Juvenile literature.
Families -- China -- Juvenile literature.
Folklore -- China -- Juvenile literature.
Cooking -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
Tales -- China -- Juvenile literature.
China -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9780997218701 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Collection of deliciously frightening tales
Description:
180 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Presents an eight-course banquet of ghost stories centering around Chinese cooking and culture. Each story is followed by a recipe and historical notes.
Contents:
Appetizers. Steamed dumplings ; Tea eggs -- Main courses. Beef stew ; Warm tofu with chili-garlic sauce ; Long-life noodles ; Egg stir-fried rice -- Desserts. Jasmine almond cookies ; Eight-treasure rice pudding.
Summary:
According to Chinese tradition, those who die hungry or unjustly come back to haunt the living. Some are appeased with food, but not all ghosts are successfully mollified. In this chilling collection of stories, Ying Chang Compestine takes readers on an exhilarating journey through time and across different parts of China. Hungry ghosts have prevailed--from the building of the Great Wall in 200 B.C.E. to the modern day of iPods--and continue to torment those who wronged them. At once a window into the history and culture of China and an ode to Chinese cuisine, this assortment of frightening tales--complete with historical notes and savory recipes--will both scare and satiate.
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