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The Emperor's Feast
The Emperor's Feast: A History of China in Twelve Meals | Jonathan Clements
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From the humble takeaway to the high-end restaurants of a big-city Chinatown, Chinese food can be found everywhere in the world. But the meals on offer merely scratch the surface of a rich and diverse culinary tradition that stretches (…more)
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Forced to delay their harvest until relatively late in the year, farmers in Wuyi, in Fujian, sped up the packing process for the 'small grade' fourth and fifth leaves, lower quality than the three leaves of the first flush, by roasting them over pine-wood fires, inadvertently imparting to them a smoky aftertaste.

The locals thought it was awful, but soon found some foreigners to offload it on.

Lapu Mountain Small Grade' (lapu-shan xiao zhong)

LeahBergen I think it‘s awful, too. 🤫 4y
Soubhiville I don‘t like it either. 4y
umbrellagirl Not sure about the tea, but this book sounds a bit like what Curry did for Indian cuisine and history. Stacking. 👍🏻 4y
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charl08 @LeahBergen @Soubhiville maybe an acquired taste? 4y
charl08 @umbrellagirl this book is making me want to read more food history, so adding 4y
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For the man for whom a late-night kebab is not enough...

Describing busy Chinese urban nightlife hundreds of years ago.