Chopsticks, A Flight into Oriental Cooking
Rating
Exhibition Title
A Wok Through Chinese Culinary History
Title
Chopsticks , A Flight into Oriental Cooking
Editor
Washburn, Mary
Editor 2
Vance, Susan
Description
107pp., 22x16.8cm., hardbound
Imprint
Wu Hsueh Press
City
Taipei
State
Taiwan
Date
1954
Date.Digital
2009
Format
Monograph
Subject
Cookery , Chinese .
Subject 2
Cookery -- Taiwan.
Subject 3
Chopsticks.
Resource Type
Electronic/Text
Abstract
This book contains sixty-two recipes written in standard cookbook style . Chapter titles include : A Good Egg ; Of Cabbage and Things ; Down to the Sea ; About Rice- Basic Recipe ; Noodles ; The Origin of Chop Suey with Recipe ; Fare and Fowl ; The Meat of the Matter ; Story-God of the Kitchen ; and Soups . Before the recipes , there is a ten page discussion about the contents of book and information on informal and formal dinners , and informal lunch , and seating arrangements . Every chapter begins with a black and white photograph . The last chapter includes information about the origins of Chop Suey , with accompanying recipe . There is a poem included after the recipes . There is a single-page with two black and white line drawings of how to use chopsticks . There are many black and white line drawings throughout the text . The book , with single chopstick in binding , was written by Air Force and Navy wives stationed in Taipei , and published for the benefit of the Yuhang Kindergarten Fund .
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
000002417
File Name (Identifier)
000002417.tif ; 113.tif
Digital Format
JP2
File Size
1608.604 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
2574
Image Width
1980
Colorspace
RGB
Checksum
0x735687A4
Rights
All rights reserved by the author.
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