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"Musings Of A Chinese Gourmet" 1954 CHENG, F.T.
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Food Has Its Place In Culture
CHENG, F.T.
[156] pp.
Hutchinson
1954
First Edition
7 1/2" x 5"
front jacket panel separated at spine
This book, written in the early 1950s by a former Chinese ambassador to London, is a cultured and entertaining view of the gastronomic side of Chinese life. F.T. Cheng sets out to show Westerners that there was a lot more to Chinese food culture than chop suey. It is a wonderful reminder of the richness and depth of Chinese culture from a man who also completely understood the West.