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Author Rath, Eric C., 1967- author.

Title Food and fantasy in early modern Japan / Eric C. Rath.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description 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.
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Subject Food -- Social aspects -- Japan.
Food -- Social aspects.
Japan.
Food habits -- Japan.
Food habits.
Cooking, Japanese -- Social aspects.
Cooking, Japanese.
Social aspects.
Japan -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
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)
0520947657 (electronic book)
9780520262270
0520262271