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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings (Inscription); Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Light Moisture Damage (Staining). DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SYNOPSIS: China's Food is a lavish, extraordinary photo essay. Photographer Reinhart Wolf journeyed for three months through the People's Republic of China to explore and discover how and why the foods eaten there are grown, chosen, bought, prepared, and served. From farm to market to kitchen to table, China's food is entwined with history, philosophy, economics-the soul of Chinese society. Food is symbol and sustenance, its meaning braided together with how it looks, tastes and nourishes. In the foods of China, all elements join. The line between food and medicine blurs: the prescription room of a Chinese pharmacy resembles a kitchen. A stand of bamboo yields stout poles for building, light rods for carrying, and tender shoots for tonight's dinner. In China, food is more than just something to eat. It carries the myths and traditions of Imperial culture. The dragon, symbol of good luck, cavorts on ancient temples in inlaid ivory and gilt; the same dragon appears at any banquet, exquisitely assembled from morsels of egg and vegetable. China's food undergoes whimsical, elegant transformations: a whole fish is artfully carved and twisted into a gargantuan flower. Even China's basics, wheat, rice and dofu, the bland bean curd bedrock diet protein, are ingeniously boiled, fried, steamed, baked, carved, twisted, spiced, filled, flattened, wrapped, tied and dried into noodles, buns, breads, sheets, blocks, strips and coils. The Chinese demand their food fresh, preferably still alive. The noisy, bustling markets are a chaos of cages and baskets of live fish, chickens, pigs, ducks, dogs, snakes, birds, crabs, weasels. Without the luxury of food taboos, China has learned to eat anything. China's Food captures this spirit with a cascade of lush images highlighted by a witty, informative text. Though not designed as a cookbook, it holds selected recipes, so any cook can sample the flavors of China at home. These run from the most basic, for perfect plain rice, to the sophisticated textures of Heng Yang Spicy Scallops. The varied pattern of culture, life and mind that comes together in the foods of China is never hidden. Parts of it are visible everywhere. And all of it is here in China's Food. Reinhart Wolf has been one of Europe's leading photographers for the last thirty years. His books New York and Castles in Spain have both won medals from Art Directors Clubs in America and Europe. A gourmet cook, Wolf has worked on food articles for major magazines and has photographed two cookbooks. Lionel Tiger is a noted anthropologist and author of five books, among them The Imperial Animal (with Robin Fox) and Men in Groups. A self-confessed "obsessive" about food, he has collaborated on several photo essays on the subject of cuisine and culture. Eileen Yin-Fei Lo was born in Canton, China and came to the United States in 1959. An instructor at New York's China Institute, she has published two highly regarded cookbooks: The Dim Sum Book and The Chinese Banquet Cookbook.
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!