Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Japanese Cuisine, a Backward Journey -- Of Knives and Men: Cutting Ceremonies and Cuisine -- Ceremonial Banquets -- The Barbarians' Cookbook -- Food and Fantasy in Culinary Books -- Menus for the Imagination -- Deep Thought Wheat Gluten and Other Fantasy Foods. |
Summary |
How did one dine with a shogun? Or make solid gold soup, sculpt with a fish, or turn seaweed into a symbol of happiness? In this fresh look at Japanese culinary history, Eric Rath delves into the writings of medieval and early modern Japanese chefs to answer these and otehr provocative questions. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Food -- Social aspects -- Japan.
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Food -- Social aspects. |
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Japan. |
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Food habits -- Japan.
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Food habits. |
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Cooking, Japanese -- Social aspects.
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Cooking, Japanese. |
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Social aspects. |
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Japan -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Rath, Eric C., 1967- Food and fantasy in early modern Japan. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010 9780520262270 (DLC) 2010005799 (OCoLC)522429365 |
ISBN |
9780520947658 (electronic book) |
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0520947657 (electronic book) |
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9780520262270 |
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0520262271 |
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