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Swallowing Clouds: A Playful Journey through Chinese Culture, Language, and Cuisine

Swallowing Clouds: A Playful Journey through Chinese Culture, Language, and Cuisine

Paperback

ChineseChinese HistoryChinese Cooking

Publisher Price: $29.95

ISBN10: 0295994207
ISBN13: 9780295994208
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: Nov 3 2014
Pages: 386
Weight: 1.19
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.08 Depth: 9.78
Language: English

Physics professor Zee writes about how to understand the menus in Chinese restaurants, explaining the characters, what they mean, and the colorful stories behind the names of various dishes. Anne Tyler (in the Washington Post) called Swallowing Clouds a study of the very nature of Chinese culture. Zee has a quirky, personal style that draws the reader in.

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