[PDF.69yn] Swallowing Clouds: A Playful Journey through Chinese Culture, Language, and Cuisine

Swallowing Clouds: A Playful Journey through Chinese Culture, Language, and Cuisine

[PDF.hf38] Swallowing Clouds: A Playful Journey through Chinese Culture, Language, and Cuisine

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 | #1284173 in Books |  2014-10-20 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.78 x1.00 x5.08l,.0 | File type: PDF | 386 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A most charming book associating Chinese Food and Chinese Culture!|By Customer|A Zee has a delightful way of sharing his passion for Chinese Culture by telling stories about family anecdotes, folklore tales and explanations of food preparation through Chinese history and praising the relation between food evolution and Chinese characters designating Chinese cuisine
A mos| |"In this lyrical work, theoretical physicist Zee steps outside his specialty to write about his true loves―Chinese cooking, language, and culture. Zee’s format is elegant: he takes a common food on the menu of any Chinese American restaurant, explicate

Physics professor Zee writes about how to understand the menus in Chinese restaurants, explaining the characters, what they mean, and the colorful stories behind the names of various dishes. Anne Tyler (in the Washington Post) called Swallowing Clouds "a study of the very nature of Chinese culture. Zee has a quirky, personal style that draws the reader in."

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Swallowing Clouds: A Playful Journey through Chinese Culture, Language, and Cuisine   |  Anthony Zee. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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