| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Arts and traditions of the table : perspectives on culinary history
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Arts and traditions of the table.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Rice doesn't rain from heaven -- A taste of harmony -- Fire, ice, and flavor -- A culinary cosmos -- Heavenly dew -- Regulations and conventions -- The tavern of eternal happiness -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
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 ima. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Text in English, translated from German. |
| Subject |
Cooking, Chinese.
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Cooking, Chinese. |
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China -- Social life and customs.
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China. |
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Manners and customs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Margolis, Karen, 1952- translator.
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| Added Title |
Schlafender Lotos, trunkenes Huhn. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013023499
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| Note |
German subtitle: Kulturgeschichte der chinesischen Küche |
| Added Title |
Cultural history of Chinese cuisine |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780231161862 0231161867 (DLC) 2013016126 |
| ISBN |
0231536542 (electronic book) |
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9780231536547 (electronic book) |
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9780231161862 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0231161867 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
YBP11440473 |
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