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02473aam a22003017i 4500 001 786131E890E011EE8D08730339ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231202010021 008 230120s2023 nyub e b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0393867137 020 $a 9780393867138 035 $a (OCoLC)1362866260 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCO $d IUO $d LE# $d SILO 100 1 $a Dunlop, Fuchsia, $e author. 245 10 $a Invitation to a banquet : $b the story of Chinese food / $c Fuchsia Dunlop. 250 $a First American Edition 2023. 264 1 $a New York : $b W. W. Norton, $c 2023. 300 $a 466 pages : $b map ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-414) and index. 520 $a 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 world's best-loved 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 sophistication--but today that is beginning to change. In Invitation to a Banquet, award-winning 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, knife-scraped noodles to braised pomelo pith, to reveal a distinctive aspect of Chinese gastronomy, whether it's 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 on-the-ground 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. 941 $a 6 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509011527.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240502014240.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417020748.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240125010924.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240104011814.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20231202010501.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=786131E890E011EE8D08730339ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search