| Description |
xii, 215 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Anthropology of Asia series ; 17 |
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Anthropology of Asia series ; 17
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| Contents |
Introduction : food and foodways in Asia / Sidney C. H. Cheung and Tan Chee-Beng -- 1. Fermented marine food products in Vietnam : ecological basis and production / Kenneth Ruddle -- 2. Namuko and iriko : historical overview on holothuria (sea cucumber) exploitation, utilization, and trade in Japan / Akamine Jun -- 3. Fish in the marsh : a case study of freshwater fish farming in Hong Kong / Sidney C. H. Cheung -- 4. Poonchoi : the production and popularity of a rural festive cuisine in urban and modern Hong Kong / Chan Kwok Suing -- 5. Convenient-involvement foods and production of the family meal in South China / Siumi Maria Tam -- 6. Edible mercy : charity food production and fundraising activities in Hong Kong / Satohiro Serizawa -- 7. Estimating rice, agriculture, global trade and national food culture in South Korea / Michael Reinschmidt -- 8. A taste of the past : historically themed restaurants and social memory in Singapore / Wong Hong Suen -- 9. Indigenous food and food ways : mapping the production of Ainu food in Tokyo / Mark K. Watson -- 10. Authenticity and professionalism in restaurant kitchens / Luke Y. C. Fung -- 11. In search of a Macanese cookbook / Alexander Mamak -- 12. Nyonya cuisine : Chinese, non-Chinese and the making of a famous cuisine in Southeast Asia / Tan Chee-Beng -- 13. From Malacca to Adelaide ... : fragments towards a biography of cooking, yearning and laksa / Jean Duruz -- 14. Asia's contributions to world cuisine : a beginning inquiry / Sidney W. Mintz |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Food -- Social aspects -- Asia.
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Food habits -- Asia.
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Cooking, Asian -- Social aspects.
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| SUBJECT |
Asia -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114281
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| Author |
Cheung, Sidney C. H.
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Tan, Chee-Beng.
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| LC no. |
2006039711 |
| ISBN |
0415392136 hardback |
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9780415392136 hardback |
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