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China in seven banquets a flavourful history

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DuBois, Thomas David, 1969- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Reaktion Books 2024
Subjects:
Food habits > China > History.
Cooking, Chinese > History.
Cuisine chinoise > Histoire.
Habitudes alimentaires > Chine > Histoire.
Hábitos alimentarios > China > Historia
Food habits
Cooking, Chinese
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : what is food history?
  • Of meat and morality : the eight treasures of Zhou
  • By silk road and high sea : new foods come to China
  • Gardens of delight : imperial China's high cuisine
  • Fancy foods and foreign fads : China eats the world
  • 'Life's a banquet' : food culture in the go-go '90s
  • Franchise fever : the price of efficiency
  • And beyond