Chow: From China to Canada: Memories of Food + Family
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Exhibition Title
A Wok Through Chinese Culinary History
Title
Chow : From China to Canada : Memories of Food + Family
Author
Wong , Janice
Description
190pp., 22.8x20.2cm., paperback
Imprint
Whitecap Books
City
North Vancouver
State
British Columbia
Date
2005
Date.Digital
2009
Format
Monograph
ISBN
155285650X
Subject
Cookery , Chinese .
Subject 2
Chinese -- Saskatchewan -- Biography.
Subject 3
Chinese -- British Columbia -- Biography.
Resource Type
Electronic/Text
Abstract
This book is subtitled "From China to Canada : Memories of Food and Family " and contains sixty-one recipes written in standard cookbook style . Chapter titles include : fish and seafood ; chicken and duck ; beef and pork ; beans and vegetables ; noodles an buns and bonnets and doilies ; and a selection of dad's favourite desserts . They are interspersed with the memories of the author and the black and white family photographs . The memories are of two Chinese-Canadian families living and working in British Columbia . The author's father owned and ran Wings and Lotus , two restaurants that introduced several generations of Canadian diners to Chinese fare , which the author refers to as "standards " and "modified for a tentative western palate . The book has a six page , two column index , and a two page photo 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
000002859
File Name (Identifier)
000002859.tif ; 100.tif
Digital Format
JP2
File Size
1582.029 KB
Format.Creation
This JPEG 2000 image was created by students using in-house equipment to generate master images captured at 400 dpi, 24 bit, color setting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software operating on a Dell Optiplex desktop personal computer running Windows XP.
Tag
Newman collection
Image Height
2682
Image Width
2370
Colorspace
RGB
Checksum
0x2B1AB76E
Rights
All rights reserved by the author.
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