Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen: Classic Family Recipes for Celebration and Healing, The
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Exhibition Title
A Wok Through Chinese Culinary History
Title
Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen : Classic Family Recipes for Celebration and Healing , The
Author
Young , Grace
Description
282pp., 24x19.2cm., hardbound
Imprint
Simon & Schuster
City
New York
State
New York
Date
1999
Date.Digital
2009
Format
Monograph
ISBN
0764119680
Subject
Cookery , Chinese .
Resource Type
Electronic/Text
Abstract
This book has one hundred fifty recipes written in standard style . Recipe chapter titles include : The Meaning of Rice ; The Breath of a Wok ; The Art of Steaming ; Shreds of Ginger Like Blades of Grass ; Going to Market with Mama ; The Good Omen of a Fighting Fish ; New Year's Foods and Traditions ; A Day Lived as if in China ; Dutiful Daughter Returns Home ; Cooking as a Healing Art ; Baba's Mama's Dong Quai and Restorative Foods . Before the recipes there is a single page dedication and a three page acknowledgment of family , friends , and professional acquaintances . Three pages of contents list the recipes in page order . The eleven page introduction discusses the genesis and purposes of the book , notes to the reader , and family history . Every chapter begins with detailed information about the topic and the author's family . Also included is a glossary of one hundred thirty-six foods titled in Chinese , English , and romanized Cantonese . Three mail-order sources in two states are suggested . Includes a fourteen page , three column , cross-referenced index .
Language
EN
Exhibit Curator
Kristen J. Nyitray, Head, Special Collections and University Archives
Contributors
Kerri Tinucci, Intern, Spring 2009; Jason Torre, University Archivist
Original Owner Information
Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman Chinese Cookbook Collection
Finding Aid
http://www.stonybrook.edu/libspecial/collections/manuscripts/newman.shtml
Web Link
http://www.stonybrook.edu/libspecial/
System Number
000001700
File Name (Identifier)
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File Size
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Newman collection
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Rights
All rights reserved by the author.
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