Land of the Five Flavors - A Cultural History of Chinese Cuisine

Renowned sinologist Thomas O. Höllmann tracks the growth of Chinese food culture from the earliest burial rituals to today¿s Western fast food restaurants, detailing the cuisine¿s geographical variations and local customs, indigenous factors and foreign influences, trade routes, and ethnic associations. Höllmann describes the food rituals of major Chinese religions and the significance of eating and drinking in rites of passage and popular culture. He also enriches his narrative with thirty of his favorite recipes and a selection of photographs, posters, paintings, sketches, and images of clay figurines and other objects excavated from tombs.

List of contents

Preface1. Rice Doesn't Rain from Heaven2. A Taste of Harmony3. Fire, Ice, and Flavor4. A Culinary Cosmos5. Heavenly Dew6. Regulations and Conventions7. The Tavern of Eternal Happiness8. EpilogueBibliographyAppendixIndex

About the author

Thomas O. Höllmann is a professor of Chinese studies and ethnology at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and vice president of the Bavarian Academy of Science. His publications include The Silk Road and The Old China: A Cultural History. Karen Margolis is a writer and translator living in Berlin. She is also the translator of The Art of Philosophy by Peter Sloterdijk.

Summary

Translation of: Schlafender Lotos, trunkenes Huhn.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas O. H?llmann, Thomas O. Heollmann, Thomas O. Hoellmann, Hollmann, Thomas O. Hollmann, Thomas O. Höllmann
• Assisted by: Karen Margolis (Translation), Margolis Karen (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2014
• EAN: 9780231161862
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16186-2
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History; Arts and Traditions of the Tab; Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; China, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / China, Food & society, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Cultural studies: food and society