The Chile Pepper in China: A Cultural Biography

by Brian R Dott and Brian R. Dott

Book Overview

Chinese cuisine without chile peppers seems unimaginable. Entranced by the fiery taste, diners worldwide have fallen for Chinese cooking. In China, chiles are everywhere, from dried peppers hanging from eaves to Mao's boast that revolution would be impossible without chiles, from the eighteenth-century novel Dream of the Red Chamber to contemporary music videos. Indeed, they are so common that many Chinese assume they are native. Yet there...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231195338
• ISBN13: 9780231195331
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.1"