Food and Fantasy in Early Modern Japan

by Eric C. Rath

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520262271
• ISBN13: 9780520262270
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"