Invitation to a banquet : the story of Chinese food
Record details
- ISBN: 0393867137
- ISBN: 9780393867138
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Physical Description:
466 pages : map ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
General Note: | "First published in 2023 in Great Britain by Penguin UK"--Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-414) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | PROLOGUE: A kind of Chinese food : sweet-and-sour pork balls -- HEARTH: THE ORIGINS OF CHINESE FOOD -- Naked flame: cha siu pork -- Sacred grain: steamed rice -- The harmonious geng: Mrs Song's fish stew -- The nourishment of life: bitter melon and pork rib soup -- FARM: CHOOSING INGREDIENTS -- Farm to chopsticks: Anji bamboo shoots with Jinhua ham -- The joy of vegetables: stir-fried Chinese broccoli with ginger -- Farming the water: sliced perch and water shield soup -- The miraculous bean: mapo tofu -- The whole pig: Dongpo pork -- Food without borders: rinsed mutton hotpot -- The marvels of qu: drunken crabs -- What is an ingredient? Braised pomelo pith with shrimp eggs -- Tongue and teeth: "catfish basking in honours" -- The lure of the exotic: "surpassing bear's paw" -- KITCHEN: CULINARY TECHNIQUES -- Tasting the invisible: "top-ranking pot" -- The bold and the bland: sweet-and-sour Yellow River carp -- The subtle knife: shunde raw sliced fish -- The power of steam: steamed reeves shad -- Fire and time: stir-fried "jade" shrimps -- A vocabulary of methods: Shandong guota tofu -- Transforming dough: knife-scraped noodles -- Kindling the spirits: steamed "soup" dumplings -- TABLE: FOOD AND IDEAS -- There is no dessert: Chaozhou "mother duck" twists -- The impossible map: Chongqing chicken in a pile of chillies -- Food without a meal: dry-fired "eels" -- Rural idylls: stir-fried sweet potato leaves -- Cultural appropriation, Chinese-style: "Russian soup" -- Food and the heart: loving mother's red-braised pork -- EPILOGUE: Past and future : chop suey. |
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Subject: | Food habits China Cooking, Chinese Cooking, Chinese History Gastronomy China History |
Genre: | Travel writing. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Albright Memorial Library | 394.1095 DUNLOP (Text) | 50686016365681 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Reading Public Library RPL - Main | 641.5951 Dun (Text) | 33223009059998 | New | Available | - |
Bethlehem Main Library | 394.109 (Text) | 33062009857062 | New Adult Nonfiction | In Process | - |