Chinese Cookery Secrets
Rating
Exhibition Title
A Wok Through Chinese Culinary History
Title
Chinese Cookery Secrets
Author
Chan , Esther
Description
165pp., 22.6x15.8cm., hardbound
Imprint
Tiger Press
State
Singapore
Date
1953
Date.Digital
2009
Format
Book
Subject
Cookery , Chinese .
Resource Type
Electronic/Text
Abstract
This book has two hundred sixty-five recipes with the ingredients listed . The first Singapore edition , published in 1952 , has not been located . This second edition has recipe chapters titled : Chicken ; Duck ; Fish . Pork ; Beef ; Mutton and Lamb ; Game ; Seafood ; Egg ; Vegetables ; Soup ; Chinese Chafing Dishes ; Sandy Pots ; Rice ; Noodles , Pastry ; Sweet Dishes ; Sweet and Sour Dishes ; Bird's Nest ; Sharks Fins ; Chop Suey ; and Seasonings . Before the recipes is a two page foreword by Rt . Hon . Malcolm MacDonald , Commissioner-General of South-East Asia . There is also a single page preface by Lady Y.P . McNiece . Two pages include an author's note , and people and press opinions . There is a seventeen page , six chapter introduction about cooking utensils , choice and variety of foods , seasoning , methods of preparation and cooking , and seven suggested menus . Recipes are titled in Chinese and English , some illustrated with black and white line drawings .
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
000000099
File Name (Identifier)
000000099.tif ; 20.tif
Digital Format
JP2
File Size
1412.298 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
2586
Image Width
1757
Colorspace
RGB
Checksum
0x7940561F
Rights
All rights reserved by the author.
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