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| #2506589 in Books | Reaktion Books | 2004-07-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.70 x5.25l,.13 | File type: PDF | 248 pages | ||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| How Fried Rice & Spring Rolls Became Part of Our Diet|By Stephen Jack|I had been waiting for a book like this - a major addition to the canon on Chinese food. Lots of great stories from both the east and west. It focuses on the United States and the United Kingdom. Though it is not a problem, the author is oddly detached, from the stories he retells so well from historical reco||
"The book is a valuable and timely account of the West’s strange love-hate relationship with Chinese food, and a stimulating read, provoking as it does so many challenging questions about how we perceive and adapt to other cultures."
China to Chinatown tells the story of one of the most notable examples of the globalization of food: the spread of Chinese recipes, ingredients and cooking styles to the Western world. Beginning with the accounts of Marco Polo and Franciscan missionaries, J.A.G. Roberts describes how Westerners’ first impressions of Chinese food were decidedly mixed, with many regarding Chinese eating habits as repugnant. Chinese food was brought back to the West merely as a c...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.China to Chinatown: Chinese Food in the West (Globalities) | J.A.G. Roberts. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.