Mary Sia's Chinese Cookbook
Rating
Exhibition Title
A Wok Through Chinese Culinary History
Title
Mary Sia's Chinese Cookbook
Author
Sia , Mary
Description
148pp., 22.6x15.3cm., paperback
Imprint
University of Hawaii Press
City
Honolulu
State
Hawaii
Date
n.d .
Date.Digital
2009
Format
Monograph
Subject
Cookery , Chinese .
Resource Type
Electronic/Text
Abstract
This book is a second printing of the second edition ; it is identical to the 1956 edition . Contained in the book are one-hundred-ninety-two recipes written with the ingredients listed . The recipe category titles are: Appetizers ; Soups ; Eggs ; Sea Food ; Fowl ; Meat ; Vegetables ; Rice ; Noodles and Buns ; Desserts . There is a foreword by Arthur J . Marder and preface by the author . Before the recipes , there are twenty-four pages discussing China , special meals , tea , wine , and cutting and cooking methods . Includes a five page glossary of forty ingredients . Background material and a discussion on utensils and customs is included before every recipe chapter . After the recipes , there are six suggested menus . Features a four page , two column recipe index . The book is decorated with a few black and white line drawings by Clemente Lagundimao .
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
000001605
File Name (Identifier)
000001605.tif ; 58.tif
Digital Format
JP2
File Size
1712.914 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
2730
Image Width
1836
Colorspace
RGB
Checksum
0xEC9A68B5
Rights
All rights reserved by the author.
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