The land of the five flavors : a cultural history of Chinese cuisine /

World-renowned sinologist Thomas O. Höllmann tracks the growth of Chinese food culture from the earliest burial rituals to today's Western fast food restaurants, detailing the cuisine's geographical variations and local customs, indigenous factors and foreign influences, trade routes, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Höllmann, Thomas O. (Author)
Other Authors: Margolis, Karen, 1952- (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Series:Arts and traditions of the table.
Subjects:
Cooking, Chinese.
Cuisine chinoise.
COOKING > General.
Manners and customs.
China > Social life and customs.
Chine > Mœurs et coutumes.
China.
Electronic books.
Cookbook
cookbooks.
Cookbooks.
Livres de cuisine.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Rice doesn't rain from heaven
  • A taste of harmony
  • Fire, ice, and flavor
  • A culinary cosmos
  • Heavenly dew
  • Regulations and conventions
  • The tavern of eternal happiness
  • Epilogue.

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