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The Emperor's Feast - 'A tasty portrait of a nation' -Sunday Telegraph (Hardcover)
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The Emperor's Feast - 'A tasty portrait of a nation' -Sunday Telegraph (Hardcover)
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'A galloping journey through thousands of years of Chinese culinary
history . . . a timely reminder that the country's modern cuisine
is the delicious fruit of a rich, ancient and perhaps surprisingly
multicultural tradition' FUCHSIA DUNLOP, SPECTATOR 'A tasty
portrait of a nation' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'A splendid introduction to
the complex history of China' GUARDIAN 'A terrific read . . .
Jonathan Clements writes with erudition and humour' DAILY MAIL
'This book is itself a feast, each chapter a sumptuous course'
Frederik L. Schodt, author of My Heart Sutra 'Witty and insightful'
Derek Sandhaus, author of Drunk in China **************** The
history of China - not according to emperors or battles, but
according to its food and drink. The Emperor's Feast is the epic
story of a nation and a people, told through one of its most
fundamental pillars and successful exports: food. Following the
journeys of different ingredients, dishes and eating habits over
5,000 years of history, author and presenter Jonathan Clements
examines how China's political, cultural and technological
evolution and her remarkable entrance onto the world stage have
impacted how the Chinese - and the rest of the world - eat, drink
and cook. We see the influence of invaders such as the Mongols and
the Manchus, and discover how food - like the fiery cuisine of
Sichuan or the hardy dishes of the north - often became a stand-in
for regional and national identities. We also follow Chinese
flavours to the shores of Europe and America, where enterprising
chefs and home cooks created new traditions and dishes unheard of
in the homeland. From dim sum to mooncakes to General Tso's
chicken, The Emperor's Feast shows us that the story of Chinese
food is ultimately the story of a nation: not just the one that
history tells us, but also the one that China tells us about
itself.
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