Chinese Imperial Cuisines and Eating Secrets
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English/Chinese(simplified). 360 pages.
China's traditional customs for eating and drinking have always emphasized food and its nutrition. For example, around the time of the Zhou Dynasty(1122-247 B.C.), palace food doctors, or medical nutritionists as they are known today, headed the imperial medical staff.
Contents:
Introduction;
The History of Chinese Imperial Food;
Imperial Food in the Ming Dynasty;
Imperial Food in the Qing Dynasty;
Western Kitchen, Cixi's Private Kitchen;
Hot Pot Dishes in the Palace;
Tea Drinking in the Palace;
Chinese Food and Health Building;
Chinese Cuisines;
Chinese Stir-Fried Dishes;
How Chinese Dishes Were Named;
54 Imperial Dishes (recipes).

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