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At the Chinese table : a memoir with recipes / written and illustrated by Carolyn Phillips.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phillips, Carolyn J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food writers--United States--Biography.
- Food writers.
- United States.
- Women food writers--United States--Biography.
- Women food writers.
- Cooking, Chinese.
- Social conditions.
- Phillips, Carolyn J.
- Taiwan--Social conditions--1975-1988.
- Taiwan.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Cookbooks.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Part memoir of life in Taiwan, part love story- a beautifully told account of China's brilliant cuisines . . . with recipes. "Lucky for me, Taipei was in the midst of transforming itself into a food lover's paradise at the exact time I appeared on the scene." So begins Carolyn Phillips's journey as a language student in 1970s Taiwan that culminated with her becoming a traditional Chinese family's eldest daughter- in- law. Through beguiling stories that stretch across four decades, she recalls how she fell in love with a man who seduced her with everything from simple homestyle meals to haute cuisine, from crabs stir-fried with clouds of scrambled eggs to lush braises that enticed and bewildered. As their relationship deepened and her language skills grew, she evolved into a cook who wrestled a pig's head into dinner, learned Hakka dishes from her reticent father-in-law, and, finally, wrote an award-winning cook-book. At the Chinese Table is a culinary adventure studded with stunning line drawings and twenty-two recipes that celebrate a lifetime filled with extraordinary meals"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Unfamiliarity
- ch. 2 Obscurity
- ch. 3 Avidity
- ch. 4 Antipathy
- ch. 5 Adaptability
- ch. 6 Consistency
- ch. 7 Gluttony
- ch. 8 Entirety
- ch. 9 Perplexity
- ch. 10 Clarity
- ch. 11 Proficiency.
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781324002451
- 132400245X
- OCLC:
- 1155078463
- Publisher Number:
- 99987776535
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