Tea in the East / Carole Manchester ; photographs by Walter Smalling, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manchester, Carole.

Contributor:

Smalling, Walter.

Laurie Burrows Grad Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tea--Asia.

Tea.

Tea--History.

History.

Asia.

Penn Provenance:

Grad, Laurie Burrows (donor)

Malgieri, Nick (donor) (Malgieri Collection copy)

Manchester, Carole (autograph) (Malgieri Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 156 pages, 6 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Hearst Books [an affiliate of William Morrow & Company, Inc.], [1996]

Summary:

There is no more refined ritual than that of tea drinking in Asia. In Tea in the East, Carole Manchester, author of French Tea, invites you on a journey to the earliest tea-producing countries - China, Japan, India, Sri Lanka - to savor the pleasures of the ancient brew. Lavishly illustrated with beautiful full-color photographs of tea ceremonies and their exotic settings, Tea in the East evokes the tranquillity and unique pleasures of the Eastern tea. In China, aged tea leaves are steeped for seconds in a tiny clay pot and poured into doll-sized handleless cups, the earthy taste savored as if it were a rare wine. In a still, silent room in Kyoto, powdered green tea is reverently whisked in a ceramic bowl in preparation for the tea ceremony. On the lawn of a planters' club in India, tea is served in cups covered with tiny beaded doilies to keep the tea free from dust. As delicate and elegant as the utensils of the eastern tea ceremony itself are their sweet and savory accompaniments. Dim sum, tiny stuffed delicacies, are served with a Cantonese tea; a bitter Japanese tea is balanced by seasonal bean curd sweets; Indians serve hot and spicy pastries with milky, sugary tea; and Sri Lankans drink their tea with crepe-like pastries called hoppers. Together with the story of tea in the East, you'll find recipes for tempting and unusual tea accompaniments, including a savory Green Tea-Marinated Chicken Sandwich, Marbled Tea Eggs, and the Russian Tea Room Spice Cake.

Contents:

China

The tea caravan trade

Japan

India

Sri Lanka.

Notes:

"Book design by Donna Agajanian."

Includes bibliographical references (page 141) and index.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Laurie Burrows Grad.

Nick Malgieri Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Nick Malgieri.

Malgieri Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Malgieri Collection copy is "First Edition".

Malgieri Collection copy inscribed "Many thanks for a fun tea tasting at Toroga (?) - it's always nice to meet a new tea lover. Best wishes, Carole".

ISBN:

068813243X

OCLC:

33818165

Online:

Laurie Burrows Grad Collection Home Page