Invitation to a Banquet: A History of Chinese Food

by Fuchsia Dunlop

Book Overview

Chinese was the earliest truly global cuisine. When the first Chinese laborers began to settle abroad, restaurants appeared in their wake. Yet Chinese has the curious distinction of being both one of the world's best-loved culinary traditions and one of the least understood. For more than a century, the overwhelming dominance of a simplified form of Cantonese cooking ensured that few foreigners experienced anything of its richness and sophistication--but...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324105194
• ISBN13: 9781324105190
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 480 Pages