{"product_id":"slippery-noodles-hsiang-ju-lin-9781909248373","title":"Slippery Noodles: A Culinary History of China","description":"China is a big country and its cookery is one of the world's most complex and most varied. Unfortunately, an understanding of Chinese food history is still relatively hard to come by. Hsiang Ju Lin has interrogated the written record - some of it dating back to the 5th century BC - provided her own translations and provided culinary context thereby allowing the non-Chinese reader to enter into some of the breadth and depth of literature available. In a sequence of chronological chapters she plunges into specific topics as diverse as the influence of the Silk Road, the administration of the Imperial palace, the role of tea and sugar, many of the grand banquets of which we have record, the differences witnessed in the southern provinces, vegetarianism, bean curd and soy sauce, birds' eggs and birds' nests, the role of salt, the impact of the Western missions, noodles, and the relationship of food and medicine. In the more than 40 essays in the book, the reader is able to explore the richness of Chinese food writing . The translated works include \u003ci\u003eEssential Skills for Common Folk\u003c\/i\u003e by Jia Sixie (6th century), \u003ci\u003eFood and Drink\u003c\/i\u003e by Shen Zinan (7th century), Yuan Mei's \u003ci\u003eThe Way of Eating\u003c\/i\u003e (18th-century), the diary of a salt merchant on the east coast and \u003ci\u003eMadame Wu's Home Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e from the late Song dynasty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hsiang Ju Lin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1909248371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781909248373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Prospect Books (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.10d","brand":"Hsiang Ju Lin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483384623359,"sku":"9781909248373","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df78ce3b-ff52-419a-b4ea-231c03b7d613.jpg?v=1778038494","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/slippery-noodles-hsiang-ju-lin-9781909248373","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}