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    <body><![CDATA[I loved the premise of this book; travel writer paired with a English born Chinese trained, Sichuanese chef. This is a fun, interesting and easy read but I have to say, I read many parts of this book with my face scrunched. I was able to (barely) get through the &quot;tantalizing&quot; recipes and d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52805281">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book about the Chinese love for food, especially for food made out of many things most Westerners would consider disgusting or just too icky.  The author first went to China in the early 1990s as a student in ethnic studies in Sichuan province.  She ended up becoming one of the first foreg...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45975625">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have read only two noteworthy books on China, this and Peter Hessler's amazing Journey Through Time. Notably, both were written by gifted young journalists who cut their teeth in Sichuan Province. I am just a few chapters into Dunlop's engrossing romance on the adventure of discovering China and S...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69804206">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has 'me' written all over it. So much so that I wish I had bought it rather than borrowed it from the library. I may have to invest. Fuchsia goes abroad under the intention of studying Chinese and having a nice cultural experience. After becoming disillusioned with the Chinese way of teach...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66712914">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Overall, I enjoyed this book quite a bit. If there were a 3.5 rating, I'd give it the extra half a star. First off, I think it does a great job of explaining some things about Chinese food that are not immediately obvious to many Westerners. Secondly, while the book reads very similarly to some othe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80734971">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was immediately reeled in by Fuschia Dunlop's vivid descriptions of rather...unconventional foodstuffs, but I found myself equally fascinated by her observations of China's political and historical landscapes as well. However, as Dunlop gained access to ever more exclusive eating establishments an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44801875">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book almost (almost!) made me become a vegetarian.  As much as I enjoy meat, Fuschia Dunlop describes how the Chinese find a use for literally every part of the animal in their cooking--and the more exotic the animal (think the shark's fin or the bear's paw) the better.  Even though I wasn't (o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42202416">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[is the age of the great culinary anthropologist nearly behind us? elizabeth david, mfk fisher, claudia roden, all wrote majestic tomes about the experience of discovering food in foreign lands. even when they wrote about the emotional strain of living among strangers, they avoided whining about it. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62196808">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very interesting book.  Really great food writing, if you are into that sort of thing, which I am.  Also a great crash course in Chinese history and culture, if you are into that sort of thing, which I am.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fuchsia lived in China off and on for about ten years. She entered China as a journalist and left intrigued with its cuisine. And what a cuisine? Is there anything they don’t eat in China? I honestly cannot imagine getting all googly-eyed over snapping off and crunching on rabbit heads. Ick. And b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64797105">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gosh, there's just so many things to love about this book!<br/><br/>First, she puts to words all the ways I love about spicy Chinese food that I learned instinctively but didn't have the vocabulary for describing properly. She makes Sichuanese cuisine sound so complex and rich and intense - as one...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61679475">more...</a>]]></body>
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