Description
- Pub Date : January – 2022
- Author : Jonathan Clements
- Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
- Binding : Paperback
- Language : English
- ISBN : 9781529332469
- Pages :320 pages
- Category : ADULT NON-FICTION
- Subject : COOKERY, FOOD & DRINK
ABOUT THE BOOK
Following the journeys of different ingredients, dishes and eating habits over 5,000 years of history, author and presenter Jonathan C lements examines how C hina's political, cultural and technological evolution and her remarkable entrance onto the world stage have impacted how the C hinese - and the rest of the world - eat, drink and cook.
We see the influence of invaders such as the Mongols and the Manchus, and discover how food - like the fiery cuisine of Sichuan or the hardy dishes of the north - often became a stand-in for regional and national identities. We also follow C hinese flavours to the shores of Europe and America, where enterprising chefs and home cooks created new traditions and dishes unheard of in the homeland.
From dim sum to mooncakes to General Tso's chicken, The Emperor's Feast shows us that the story of C hinese food is ultimately the story of a nation: not just the one that history tells us, but also the one that C hina tells us about itself.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr Jonathan Clements is a historian and TV presenter specialising in East Asia. He was
visiting professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University in C hina from 2013 to 2019 and is the
author of several books on the history of C hina, including A Brief History of China, The Art of War: A New Translation, and Confucius: A Biography. His history of the Silk Road and
his lives of the First Emperor, Empress Wu and Wellington Koo have all been translated into C hinese.
Dr C lements has presented several seasons of Route Awakening (National Geographic), an award-winning television series about icons of C hinese culture.