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Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China
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by Fuchsia Dunlop, Bee Wilson (Foreword by)Fuchsia Dunlop
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The modern classic that redefined the travel food memoir, with a new foreword from Bee Wilson.
Fuchsia Dunlop, the first Westerner to train at the prestigious Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine, “has done more to explain real Chinese cooking to non-Chinese cooks than anyone” (Julia Moskin, New York Times). In Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper, Dunlop recalls her rapturous encounters with China’s culinary riches, alongside her brushes with corruption, environmental degradation, and greed. The resulting memoir is a vibrant portrait of Chinese culinary culture, from the remote Gansu countryside to the enchanting old city of Yangzhou. The most talked-about travel narrative when it was published a decade ago, this reissue of Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper remains a thrilling adventure that you won’t be able to put down.
Fuchsia Dunlop, the first Westerner to train at the prestigious Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine, “has done more to explain real Chinese cooking to non-Chinese cooks than anyone” (Julia Moskin, New York Times). In Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper, Dunlop recalls her rapturous encounters with China’s culinary riches, alongside her brushes with corruption, environmental degradation, and greed. The resulting memoir is a vibrant portrait of Chinese culinary culture, from the remote Gansu countryside to the enchanting old city of Yangzhou. The most talked-about travel narrative when it was published a decade ago, this reissue of Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper remains a thrilling adventure that you won’t be able to put down.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780393357745 |
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Publisher: | Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. |
Publication date: | 10/15/2019 |
Edition description: | Second Edition |
Pages: | 336 |
Sales rank: | 641,090 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Fuchsia Dunlop is the author of Land of Fish and Rice, among other books. She has won four James Beard awards for her writing and lives in London.
Table of Contents
Foreword Bee Wilson 6
Prologue: The Chinese Eat Everything 8
1 Mouths That Love Eating 15
2 Dan Dan Noodles! 34
3 First Kill Your Fish 47
4 Only Barbarians Eat Salad 60
5 The Cutting Edge 76
6 The Root of Tastes 93
7 The Hungry Dead 114
8 The Rubber Factor 133
9 Sickness Enters Through the Mouth 150
10 Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party 173
11 Chanel and Chickens' Feet 185
12 Feeding the Emperor 199
13 Guilt and Pepper 217
14 Journey to the West 236
15 Of Paw and Bone 255
16 Scary Crabs 273
17 A Dream of Red Mansions 291
Epilogue: The Caterpillar 309
List of the Main Chinese Dynasties 313
Acknowledgements 315
Permissions 317
Index 319
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