Chow! Secrets of Chinese Cooking, With Selected Recipes
Rating
Exhibition Title
A Wok Through Chinese Culinary History
Title
Chow ! Secrets of Chinese Cooking , With Selected Recipes
Author
Liu , Dolly
Description
183pp., 19.7x13.7cm., hardbound
Imprint
Kelly & Walsh
City
Shanghai
State
China
Date
1939
Date.Digital
2009
Format
Monograph
Subject
Cookery , Chinese .
Resource Type
Electronic/Text
Abstract
This book has seventy-five recipes with ingredients listed . Chapters include : Fowl Dishes ; Meat Dishes ; Seafood Dishes ; Vegetable Dishes ; Soups ; Desserts ; and, Pastries . Before the recipes , fifty-two pages include an introduction by Maria Teresa Clark Kerr , a foreword about Chinese food about being a housewife , ten cooking methods , selecting ingredients , service , dinners in restaurants and at home , table manners , seating , twelve thing not to do at the table , use of chopsticks , holding rice bowls , and wine , and tea . Included is information about fourteen utensils listed in English , romanized Cantonese , and Chinese , some with black and white line drawings . There is a glossary of nine ingredients . After the recipes , there are ten suggested menus . Also included is a chart of tastes with ideograph , ancient pictograph , and pronunciations . A list of romanized Chinese words , with meanings and reference pages are included . A few illustrations , some humorous , and black and white and color photographs by Henry Liu , accompany the text . The book is subtitled : Secrets of Chinese Cooking ; several later editions indicate author's name as Dolly Chow .
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
000001409
File Name (Identifier)
000001409.tif ; 119.tif
Digital Format
JP2
File Size
1087.766 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
2310
Image Width
1620
Colorspace
RGB
Checksum
0x749B8839
Rights
All rights reserved by the author.
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