ISBN:
9780231161862
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (217 p)
Series Statement:
Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
Parallel Title:
Print version The Land of the Five Flavors : A Cultural History of Chinese Cuisine
DDC:
641.5951
Keywords:
Cookbooks
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
World-renowned sinologist Thomas O. Höllmann tracks the growth of Chinese food culture from the earliest burial rituals to today's Western fast food restaurants, detailing the cuisine's geographical variations and local customs, indigenous factors and foreign influences, trade routes, and ethnic associations. Höllmann describes the food rituals of major Chinese religions and the significance of eating and drinking in rites of passage and popular culture. He also enriches his narrative with thirty of his favorite recipes and a selection of photographs, posters, paintings, sketches, and images o
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface; 1. Rice Doesn't Rain from Heaven; 2. A Taste of Harmony; 3. Fire, Ice, and Flavor; 4. A Culinary Cosmos; 5. Heavenly Dew; 6. Regulations and Conventions; 7. The Tavern of Eternal Happiness; 8. Epilogue; Appendix: Tables from Chapters 2-4; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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