Author: Henry W. S. Chung
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 9780517533253
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Henry Chung's Hunan Style Chinese Cookbook
Author: Henry W. S. Chung
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 9780517533253
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 9780517533253
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Henry Chung's Hunan Style Chinese Cookbook
Author: Henry Chung
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 9780517533260
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
A collection of recipes from the province of Hunan which have been adapted for use in the American kitchen with illustrated step-by-step instructions, advice on cooking utensils and ingredients
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 9780517533260
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
A collection of recipes from the province of Hunan which have been adapted for use in the American kitchen with illustrated step-by-step instructions, advice on cooking utensils and ingredients
New Chinese Cinema
Author: Kwok-kan Tam
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Focusing on the work of six directors --Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou and Tian Zhuangzhuang; Taiwan's Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang; and Hong Kong's Stanley Kwan--New Chinese Cinema discusses the themes and stylistic characteristics of the new cinema. Illustrated with movie stills and location shots, and drawing on interviews with many of the featured film-makers, this book brings new insight to the discussion of one of the most vibrant and influential of the world's cinematic traditions.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Focusing on the work of six directors --Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou and Tian Zhuangzhuang; Taiwan's Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang; and Hong Kong's Stanley Kwan--New Chinese Cinema discusses the themes and stylistic characteristics of the new cinema. Illustrated with movie stills and location shots, and drawing on interviews with many of the featured film-makers, this book brings new insight to the discussion of one of the most vibrant and influential of the world's cinematic traditions.
Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China (First edition)
Author: Fuchsia Dunlop
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393248984
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
"Not just a smart memoir about cross-cultural eating but one of the most engaging books of any kind I've read in years." —Celia Barbour, O, The Oprah Magazine After fifteen years spent exploring China and its food, Fuchsia Dunlop finds herself in an English kitchen, deciding whether to eat a caterpillar she has accidentally cooked in some home-grown vegetables. How can something she has eaten readily in China seem grotesque in England? The question lingers over this “autobiographical food-and-travel classic” (Publishers Weekly).
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393248984
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
"Not just a smart memoir about cross-cultural eating but one of the most engaging books of any kind I've read in years." —Celia Barbour, O, The Oprah Magazine After fifteen years spent exploring China and its food, Fuchsia Dunlop finds herself in an English kitchen, deciding whether to eat a caterpillar she has accidentally cooked in some home-grown vegetables. How can something she has eaten readily in China seem grotesque in England? The question lingers over this “autobiographical food-and-travel classic” (Publishers Weekly).
Simple Chinese Cooking
Author: Kylie Kwong
Publisher: Lantern
ISBN: 9781921382635
Category : Cooking, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Cooking Chinese food at home has never been easier - all you need is this book, a wok and a quick trip to the supermarket. Kylie Kwong's philosophy is to use the freshest produce and cook it simply to make the most of the clean flavours. All the necessary ingredients are available at your supermarket and Kylie's recipes are friendly and straightforward. In no time, you'll be cooking everyday favourites like soy sauce chicken and sung choi bau on weeknights and fresh-tasting button mushroom salad and prawn wonton soup for weekend occasions. Enhanced by Earl Carter's inspiring photographs of all the finished dishes, and with step-by-step pictures to guide you through their preparation, Simple Chinese Cooking will never be far from your kitchen.
Publisher: Lantern
ISBN: 9781921382635
Category : Cooking, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Cooking Chinese food at home has never been easier - all you need is this book, a wok and a quick trip to the supermarket. Kylie Kwong's philosophy is to use the freshest produce and cook it simply to make the most of the clean flavours. All the necessary ingredients are available at your supermarket and Kylie's recipes are friendly and straightforward. In no time, you'll be cooking everyday favourites like soy sauce chicken and sung choi bau on weeknights and fresh-tasting button mushroom salad and prawn wonton soup for weekend occasions. Enhanced by Earl Carter's inspiring photographs of all the finished dishes, and with step-by-step pictures to guide you through their preparation, Simple Chinese Cooking will never be far from your kitchen.
Hollywood East
Author: Stefan Hammond
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN: 9780809225811
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The visually striking, lightning-fast action movies of Hong Kong used to be a favorite only of cult film enthusiasts -- these days, however, stars such as Sammo Hung, Jet Li, and Jackie Chan are household names. This book offers an inside look at the explosive Hong Kong film industry, its skyrocketing popularity, and its sometimes controversial relationship with Hollywood.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN: 9780809225811
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The visually striking, lightning-fast action movies of Hong Kong used to be a favorite only of cult film enthusiasts -- these days, however, stars such as Sammo Hung, Jet Li, and Jackie Chan are household names. This book offers an inside look at the explosive Hong Kong film industry, its skyrocketing popularity, and its sometimes controversial relationship with Hollywood.
Daughter of Shanghai
Author: Tsai Chin
Publisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312112585
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
The author recalls her early life in Shanghai, her memories of the Japanese occupation, civil war and the communist takeover, her stage success in London, and her parents' brutal deaths during the Cultural Revolution
Publisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312112585
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
The author recalls her early life in Shanghai, her memories of the Japanese occupation, civil war and the communist takeover, her stage success in London, and her parents' brutal deaths during the Cultural Revolution
Authenticity in the Kitchen
Author: Richard Hosking
Publisher: Oxford Symposium
ISBN: 1903018471
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
The Oxford Symposium on Food on Cookery is a premier English conference on this topic. The subjects range from the food of medieval English and Spanish Jews; wild boar in Europe; the identity of liquamen and other Roman sauces; the production of vinegar in the Philippines; the nature of Indian restaurant food; and food in 19th century Amsterdam.
Publisher: Oxford Symposium
ISBN: 1903018471
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
The Oxford Symposium on Food on Cookery is a premier English conference on this topic. The subjects range from the food of medieval English and Spanish Jews; wild boar in Europe; the identity of liquamen and other Roman sauces; the production of vinegar in the Philippines; the nature of Indian restaurant food; and food in 19th century Amsterdam.
Shanghai Station
Author: Bartle Bull
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9780786714865
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Set on the streets of Shanghai, in the first decades of the twentieth century, this novel of revolution stirs together Soviet agents, Cossacks, French policemen, Mao, and an American woman who calls herself Jesse James. Reprint.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9780786714865
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Set on the streets of Shanghai, in the first decades of the twentieth century, this novel of revolution stirs together Soviet agents, Cossacks, French policemen, Mao, and an American woman who calls herself Jesse James. Reprint.
Ching Ling Foo: America’s First Chinese Superstar
Author: Samuel D. Porteous
Publisher: Hybrid Global Publishing
ISBN: 195194321X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 983
Book Description
On the eve of the 20th century, Chinese magician Ching Ling Foo, one of the greatest illusionists ever seen on American soil, along with his talented family of musicians and acrobats overcomes deportation attempts, homeland tragedy, crooked managers and a diabolically clever American copycat to make an indelible impact on American culture becoming one of the highest paid and most popular acts in the United States twice. First, between 1898 and 1900 then once more between 1912 and 1915. Foo's story is indeed a magical one but, it is also so much more. With its focus on the interplay between Chinese and Western culture, celebrity, intercultural teen singing sensations, geopolitics, international intrigue, nativism, and disruptive technology, careful readers will discover "Foo" may hold many lessons for our own increasingly unruly era.
Publisher: Hybrid Global Publishing
ISBN: 195194321X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 983
Book Description
On the eve of the 20th century, Chinese magician Ching Ling Foo, one of the greatest illusionists ever seen on American soil, along with his talented family of musicians and acrobats overcomes deportation attempts, homeland tragedy, crooked managers and a diabolically clever American copycat to make an indelible impact on American culture becoming one of the highest paid and most popular acts in the United States twice. First, between 1898 and 1900 then once more between 1912 and 1915. Foo's story is indeed a magical one but, it is also so much more. With its focus on the interplay between Chinese and Western culture, celebrity, intercultural teen singing sensations, geopolitics, international intrigue, nativism, and disruptive technology, careful readers will discover "Foo" may hold many lessons for our own increasingly unruly era.