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China in Seven Banquets
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- Book Synopsis
- China in Seven Banquets ranges through 5,000 years of China's food history in seven iconic meals, from the ancient Eight Treasures fête to the 'Tail-Burning Banquet' of the Tang Dynasty and the Qing court's extravagant 'Complete Manchu-Han Feast'. We also experience lavish repasts from literature and film, a New Year's buffet from 1920s Shanghai and a delivery menu from the hyperglobal twenty-first century, even peeking into the tables of the not-too-distant future. Drawing on decades of experience eating his way around China, Beijing-based historian Thomas David DuBois explains why culinary fashions come and go, and recreates dozens of historical recipes in a modern kitchen. From fermented elk to absinthe cocktails, this is Chinese food as you've never seen it before.
- About The Author
- Thomas David DuBois is Professor in the Folk Culture Research Center of Beijing Normal University. He is the author of numerous books on China's history and religion.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781789148619
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books, (01 May 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 296
- Weight
- 518 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 138 x 31 mm
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