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Invitation To A Banquet: The Story Of Chinese Food
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An Npr 2023 Books We Love Pick A Food & Wine Best Food Of 2023 A Financial Times Best Food And Drink Book Of 2023 One Of Smithsonian'S Ten Best Books About Food Of 2023The Worlds 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 Worlds Bestloved 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 Sophisticationbut Today That Is Beginning To Change.In Invitation To A Banquet, Awardwinning 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, Knifescraped Noodles To Braised Pomelo Pith, To Reveal A Distinctive Aspect Of Chinese Gastronomy, Whether Its 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 Ontheground 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.
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