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Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China
WINNER OF THE 2009 IACP BEST INTERNATIONAL COOKBOOK AWARD
A bold and eye-opening new cookbook with magnificent photos and unforgettable stories.
In the West, when we think about food in China, what usually comes to mind are the signature dishes of Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai. But beyond the urbanized eastern third of China lie the high open spaces and sacred places of Tib...more
A bold and eye-opening new cookbook with magnificent photos and unforgettable stories.
In the West, when we think about food in China, what usually comes to mind are the signature dishes of Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai. But beyond the urbanized eastern third of China lie the high open spaces and sacred places of Tib...more
Hardcover, 376 pages
Published
May 1st 2008
by Artisan Publishers
(first published April 15th 2008)
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It is often asserted that Chinese food in the United States tastes better than Chinese food in China. It's a bold statement, considering that many people (myself included) have no concievable idea of what Chinese food actually is. We're saddled with the General Tso and Chow Mein stereotypes of the food, and any other exposure of the cuisine in mainstream media ventures into the absurdly exotic, with the consumption of the offal of creatures that we rarely associate with everyday food.
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Part travel log, part ethnography, part cookbook, this book is absolutely stunning. The whole work focuses on the other China, the non-Han population. The authors have called this "Beyond the Great Wall", but that title is misleading as some of the cultures examined are actually within the traditionally Han areas.
While the recipes are wonderful, showing you how to make traditional foods with ingredients you can find in North Amnerican stores, it is the ethnographies that are truely v...more
While the recipes are wonderful, showing you how to make traditional foods with ingredients you can find in North Amnerican stores, it is the ethnographies that are truely v...more
I think of this book as a travelogue, a photography book, and a cookbook. While I haven't had a chance to try many of the recipes yet, I have to say that I love this book. The way it is written is evocative, and I appreciate both the personal notes on the recipes and the occasional written piece about the authors' trips through China. It's a big book, and slightly unwieldy... but I wouldn't think it at all out of place proudly displayed in one's kitchen or on a coffee table.
This was the second Gourmet Cookbook of the month selection,and I already have two of their cookbooks in this style--which is to have stories and lots of exceptional pictures of the food and th epeople who make it--this is another beautiful example of their work--the recipes look less like things that I would make, but I will try some because of my hx with them
The photos and travel descriptions are excellent, and deliver the real china outside of the tourist norm. Recipes, too, although they're less accessible, given the nature of so many of the ingredients and cooking equipment. Some excellent food direction nonetheless and the food photos . . . yum.
Beautiful images and stories and interesting recipes. I loved the story about Ella Maillart so much I tracked down a copy of her book Forbidden Journey. http://www.ellamaillart.ch/bio_en.php
From the other China--stories, recipes, and photos from lesser known regions of China--was the July Gourmet Cookbook of the month in 2008
Gorgeous cookbook that's also a travelogue. It highlights all the minority cultures within China and their cuisine.
This is generating some controversy in cookbook-land because of the release timing--a book about the cuisine of Tibetans and ethnic minorities in China, right before the Beijing Olympics. Like their other books, this one is a combination of recipes and travel stories, with photos so gorgeous you want to drop everything, cash in your savings and spend the next year traveling and eating.
This is my favorite cook book yet. The recipes are fantastic and pretty easy to follow. Even better though are the stories and background information on the people who eat these foods on a daily basis. Can't wait to have a look at some of their other books.
I'll have to wait for my library to get this book as it's $70. I lived Alfords other cookbooks and the quality makes them worth the $$so I have no doubt I'll add this to my collection as soon as used copies start showing up.
Fantastic read about China in and of itself. I haven't tried any of the recipes out of it, but many of them look fantastic.
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