"Over the past two decades, the popularity of Japanese food in the West has increased immeasurably - a major contribution to the evolution of Western eating habits. But Japanese cuisine itself has changed significantly since pre-modern times, and the food we eat at trendy Japanese restaurants is largely a modern invention, concocted in the midst of the turbulent events of the late nineteenth century and the twentieth. Katarzyna Cwiertka shows that key shifts in the Japanese diet were, in many cases, a consequence of modern ...
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"Over the past two decades, the popularity of Japanese food in the West has increased immeasurably - a major contribution to the evolution of Western eating habits. But Japanese cuisine itself has changed significantly since pre-modern times, and the food we eat at trendy Japanese restaurants is largely a modern invention, concocted in the midst of the turbulent events of the late nineteenth century and the twentieth. Katarzyna Cwiertka shows that key shifts in the Japanese diet were, in many cases, a consequence of modern imperialism. Exploring reforms in military catering and home cooking, wartime food management and the rise of urban gastronomy, she revels how Japan's pre-modern culinary diversity was replaced by a truly 'national' cuisine - a set of foods and practices with which the majority of Japanese today ardently identify. The result of over a decade of research, [this] is a fascinating look at the historical roots of one of the world's best cuisines. It includes additional information on the influx of Japanese food and restaurants in Western countries, and how in turn these developments have informed our view of Japanese cuisine"--Publisher's description.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Reaktion Books, 2006, 240 pages, hardcover in a very good unclipped jacket, no owner's mark or underlining, light wear
