Chow! Secrets of Chinese Cooking, With Selected Recipes
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Exhibition Title
A Wok Through Chinese Culinary History
Title
Chow ! Secrets of Chinese Cooking , With Selected Recipes
Author
Chow , Dolly
Description
174pp., 18.3x11cm., paperback
Imprint
Charles E . Tuttle
Date
1962
Date.Digital
2009
Format
Monograph
ISBN
804810737
Subject
Cookery , Chinese .
Resource Type
Electronic/Text
Abstract
This book has eighty-three recipes written in standard cookbook style . Chapter titles are: Fowl Dishes ; Meat Dishes ; Seafood Dishes ; Soups ; Desserts ; Pastries . Before the recipes , there is a three-page introduction by Maria Teresa Clark Kerr and a two-page preface by F.T . Cheng , the Chinese Ambassador living in London . Fifty additional pages discuss the housewife and cooking , methods , flavoring , use of flour , selection of ingredients , dinner parties and meals at restaurants and at home , table manners , table service , tea , wine and song , kitchen utensils , and seven ingredients . Recipes are titled in English , romanized Cantonese and in Chinese . After the recipes , there are ten suggested menus . There is a single-page with an ancient pictograph . The pronunciations are noted in Chinese and romanized Cantonese . There are a few black and white photographs and line drawings by Henry Liu . The book subtitled : Secrets of Chinese Cooking . The author sometimes gives her name as Mrs . C.T . Wang . She is also known as Dolly Liu ; thus some listings alphabetize her volumes under C or L or W . This book was originally published in Shanghai in 1939 . This copy states : New and completely revised edition , and indicates it is the fourth printing of 1952 edition .
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
000000409
File Name (Identifier)
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Digital Format
JP2
File Size
889.242 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
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Image Width
1470
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Rights
All rights reserved by the author.
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