Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-sour Memoir of Eating in China by Fuchsia Dunlop
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- ISBN 10 0091918324
- ISBN 13 9780091918323
- Published Jun 02 2011
- Format Paperback
- Page Count 320
- Language English
- Countries United Kingdom
- Publisher Ebury Press
- Imprint Ebury Press
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Award-winning food writer Fuchsia Dunlop went to live in China in 1994, and from the very beginning vowed to eat everything she was offered, no matter how alien and bizarre it seemed to her as a Westerner. In this extraordinary memoir, Fuchsia recalls her evolving relationship with China and its food, from her first rapturous encounter with the delicious cuisine of Sichuan Province, to brushes with corruption, environmental degradation and greed. In the course of her fascinating journey, Fuchsia undergoes an apprenticeship as a Sichuanese chef; attempts, hilariously, to persuade Chinese people that 'Western food' is neither 'simple' nor 'bland'; and, samples a multitude of exotic ingredients, including dogmeat, civet cats, scorpions, rabbit heads and the ovarian fat of the snow frog.But is it possible for a Westerner to become a true convert to the Chinese way of eating? In an encounter with a caterpillar in an Oxfordshire kitchen, Fuchsia is forced to put this to the test. From the vibrant markets of Sichuan to the bleached landscape of northern Gansu Province, from the desert oases of Xinjiang to the enchanting old city of Yangzhou, this is an unforgettable account of the world's most amazing culinary culture.Other cookbooks by this author
- Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking
- Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking
- Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking
- Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking
- The Food of Sichuan: A New and Updated Edition of the Classic Land of Plenty
- The Food of Sichuan: A New and Updated Edition of the Classic Land of Plenty
- The Food of Sichuan: A New and Updated Edition of the Classic Land of Plenty
- Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food
- Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food
- Land of Fish and Rice: Recipes from the Culinary Heart of China
- Land of Fish and Rice: Recipes from the Culinary Heart of China
- Land of Fish and Rice: Recipes from the Culinary Heart of China
- Land of Plenty: A Treasury of Authentic Sichuan Cooking
- Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook: Recipes from Hunan Province
- Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook
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