Chinese Banquet Cookbook: Authentic Feasts from China's Regions, The
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Exhibition Title
A Wok Through Chinese Culinary History
Title
Chinese Banquet Cookbook : Authentic Feasts from China's Regions , The
Author
Lo , Eileen Yin-fei
Description
246pp., 24.2x18.5cm., hardbound
Imprint
Crown Publishers
City
New York
State
New York
Date
1985
Date.Digital
2009
Format
Monograph
ISBN
0517555212
Subject
Cookery , Chinese .
Resource Type
Electronic/Text
Abstract
This book has ninety nine recipes written in standard cookbook style . Chapter titles are: The First Course ; Canton : Cooking of the South ; Peking : Cooking of the North ; Shanghai : Cooking of the East ; Szechuan and Hunan : Cooking of the West ; Hakka : Cooking of the Nomads ; Hoi Sin : Food from the Water ; Choy : Food from the Earth ; Gung Hay Fat Choy : Cooking for a Happy New Year ; and Sweets : The Last Course . Before the recipes , there are sixty pages about Chinese banquets . Includes a seventeen page glossary of sixty-three ingredients in both English and Chinese ; a shopping guide for fowl , fish , seafood , and drinks ; a detailed list of cooking equipment ; ten preparation and cooking techniques including eight vegetable sculptures ; and information regarding the correct way to eat . Every recipe is titled in Chinese , romanized Cantonese , and English . Most of the recipes include some background information . Includes several black and white drawings of equipments and techniques , by Lauren Jarrett . The book is subtitled : Authentic Feasts from China's Regions .
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
000001536
File Name (Identifier)
000001536.tif ; 14.tif
Digital Format
JP2
File Size
2202.469 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
2840
Image Width
2152
Colorspace
RGB
Checksum
0xCA36A2E7
Rights
All rights reserved by the author.
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