Chinese Kitchen: Recipes, Techniques and Ingredients, History, and Memories from America's Leading Authority on Chinese Cooking , The
Rating
Exhibition Title
A Wok Through Chinese Culinary History
Title
Chinese Kitchen : Recipes , Techniques and Ingredients , History , and Memories from America's Leading Authority on Chinese Cooking , The
Author
Lo , Eileen Yin-fei
Author 2
Grablewski, Alexandra
Description
452pp., 26.1x21cm., hardbound
Imprint
William Morrow and Company , Inc .
City
New York
State
New York
Date
1999
Date.Digital
2009
Format
Monograph
ISBN
0688158269
Subject
Cookery , Chinese .
Resource Type
Electronic/Text
Abstract
This book has two hundred forty-three recipes written in standard cookbook style . Chapter titles are : Basics , Traditions , and Innovations ; Classic's from China's Regions ; Buddha Jumps Over the Wall : A Singular Feast ; The Rice Bowl ; SunTak : The Cooking of my Girlhood ; All Foods in Harmony ; Pork and Other Meats ; Gifts from the Water ; Poultry and Other Fowl ; Gifts from the Land ; Chinese Breads , Noodles , and Dim Sum ; Transplanting Chinese Foods in the West ; and Some Things Sweet . Before the recipes , there are fifty-three pages titled : Memories of My Food . Details are given for about fifteen alcoholic beverages , eleven equipment items , and eight cooking techniques . Each chapter has pages of information related to its topic . Every recipe has several sentences of historic or culinary detail , and is titled in English and romanized Cantonese , and also in Chinese , by San Yan Wong . After the recipes , there are five pages about wines . Includes a twelve page , three column , cross-referenced index . Bound together are twenty-four pages of color photographs of technique by Alexandra Grablewski . Some herbal information is dispersed throughout the book and a there is a chart of the Five Elements by Stephen Wong of Hong Kong . The author is a cooking teacher , culinary consultant , and winner of cooking and book awards .
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
000001537
File Name (Identifier)
000001537.tif ; 104.tif
Digital Format
JP2
File Size
2528.372 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
3084
Image Width
2430
Colorspace
RGB
Checksum
0xA1910570
Rights
All rights reserved by the author.
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