Food of China: A Journey for Food Lovers, The
Rating
Exhibition Title
A Wok Through Chinese Culinary History
Title
Food of China : A Journey for Food Lovers , The
Author
Hsiung , Deh-Ta
Author 2
Simonds, Nina
Author 3
Lowe, Jason
Description
296pp., 29.8x23cm., paperback
Imprint
Whitecap Books
City
Vancouver
State
British Columbia
Date
2005
Date.Digital
2009
Format
Monograph
ISBN
1552856836
Subject
Cookery , Chinese .
Resource Type
Electronic/Text
Abstract
This book has one hundred seventy-nine recipes ; chapter titles include : Snacks & Starters ; Soups ; Fish & Seafood ; Poultry ; Meat ; Tofu ; Vegetables ; Rice & Noodles ; Desserts ; Basics . Interspersed are one to four pages about : tea houses , banquets , Peking duck , soy sauce and products , noodles , and tea . Before the recipes , there are twelve pages about Chinese food in general and regional foods by compass point ; with many color photographs illustrating them. Each recipe has full-page picture of its completed dish and other small ones in its preparation or ingredient lists ; all were taken by Jason Lowe . After the recipes , there is a four page , three column glossary of foods , equipment , and alcoholic beverages . Four page , three column cross-referenced index follows as does a twenty-five item bibliography . The book subtitled : "A Journey for Food Lovers. " The last page indicates it was first published by Murdoch Books Pty Limited in 2001 .
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
000002584
File Name (Identifier)
000002584.tif ; 90.tif
Digital Format
JP2
File Size
3086.204 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
3600
Image Width
2773
Colorspace
RGB
Checksum
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Rights
All rights reserved by the author.
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