The making of Macau's fusion cuisine : from family table to world stage / Annabel Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Annabel, Author.

Contributor:

Hong Kong University Press Staff, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking, Chinese--Macanese style.

Cooking, Chinese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 p.) : 21 color & 27 b&w illus.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Hong Kong University Press 2020

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Making of Macau’s Fusion Cuisine: From Family Table to World Stage, Annabel Jackson argues that Macanese cuisine cannot be seen as a unique product of Portuguese colonialism in southern China. Instead, it needs to be understood in the context of Portugal’s culinary footprint in Asia and beyond. She contends that the culinary cultures of other Portuguese colonies in Asia and Africa also influenced the cuisine in Macau. Macanese cuisine plays a role in evoking a sense of Macanese identity within Macau as well as in the Macanese diaspora. As the Macanese have increasingly defined themselves as an ethnically and culturally distinct group, their cuisine has growingly been seen as a critical identifier of cohesion and difference. The book shows how Macanese cuisine is moving from being an everyday production of food in a domestic setting to something more symbolic and ceremonial. It also argues that the practice of recipe sharing, historically controversial among the Macanese, is now viewed as an important process. Drawing on information gathered through interviews and surveys, the book is a fascinating study of the history and development of Macanese cuisine, one of the oldest fusion cuisines in Asia.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Macanese Food and Cultural Identity

2. Macanese Food in Macau

3. The Loss of a Cuisine and the Practice of Recipe Sharing

4. All at Sea: The Spread of Portuguese Culinary Influence across Asia

5. Towards a Definition of Macanese Cuisine

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Background and Methodology

Appendix 2: Diaspora and the Casa Movement

Notes

References

Plates

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9786612707377

9789888528349

9888528343

9781282707375

128270737X

9789882203112

9882203116

OCLC:

1586549470