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Food and Fantasy in Early Modern Japan
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| #2425865 in Books | 2010-12-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x1.00 x6.00l,1.10 | File type: PDF | 258 pages||10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.| Very highly recommended for food scholars in all disciplines.|By Customer|This is a brief review, because I am planning to write a longer one for a journal as soon as I get time. In this book Rath draws our attention to some fascinating genres of historical Japanese cooking. He shows that food preparation and consumption was about far more than satisfying hunger - it was an||
“This volume is a cogent reminder that to truly understand the importance of food in our lives, we must examine not merely its material role, but also its symbolic significance.”
How did one dine with a shogun? Or make solid gold soup, sculpt with a fish, or turn seaweed into a symbol of happiness? In this fresh look at Japanese culinary history, Eric C. Rath delves into the writings of medieval and early modern Japanese chefs to answer these and other provocative questions, and to trace the development of Japanese cuisine from 1400 to 1868. Rath shows how medieval “fantasy food” rituals—where food was revered as symbol rather than c...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Food and Fantasy in Early Modern Japan | Eric Rath. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
