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Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-mei - Hardcover, by King Michelle T. - Very Good
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- Condition
- Type
- Textbook
- ISBN
- 9781324021285
- Book Title
- Chop Fry Watch Learn : Fu Pei-Mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food
- Publisher
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
- Item Length
- 9.4 in
- Publication Year
- 2024
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Cooking, House & Home, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Culinary, General, History
- Item Weight
- 20.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
1324021284
ISBN-13
9781324021285
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6062955486
Product Key Features
Book Title
Chop Fry Watch Learn : Fu Pei-Mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Culinary, General, History
Publication Year
2024
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Cooking, House & Home, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
20.4 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Michelle Tien King fuses the story of a fascinating modern culinary leader--a champion of Chinese mothers and wives--with the history of postwar Taiwan. It made me hungry for more Fu Pei-mei--and for dumplings., Fascinating. . . . As Michelle T. King demonstrates in this moving and ambitious biography, Fu Pei-mei was far more than 'the Julia Child of Chinese cooking.', The long-awaited tribute to Fu Pei-mei whose story is fascinating and inspiring, and whose influence on Chinese home cooking is astonishing. This is an eye-opening biography that's well researched from a great storyteller., Fu Pei-mei is the role model that I've been looking for: a chef whose influence--extending from her cooking schools to her shows, books, and products--is as wide-ranging as it is enduring. Chop Fry Watch Learn stands as evidence that cooking transcends sustenance when propelled by visionaries like Fu, who wield their cleavers with intent and master the flame, weaving cuisine into the broader strokes of culture.", King has woven together feminism, cultural identity, and personal stories into a fully realized portrait of an extraordinary life set against contemporary Taiwanese history., Chop Fry Watch Learn is the long-awaited tribute to Fu Pei-mei whose story is fascinating, inspiring and whose influence on Chinese home cooking is astonishing. This is an eye-opening biography that's well researched from a great storyteller., A joyous tribute to an icon of Chinese cookery. While many have heard of Fu Pei-mei, few know her backstory. This book is an excellent and long overdue celebration of Fu's long-lasting influence in kitchens around the world., Finally, a beautifully written and meticulously researched book that celebrates the woman behind the technicolor pages, the fascinating times Fu Pei-mei lived in, and the immense scope of her influence. Michelle T. King tackles complex social and political themes within this history, making it an engaging and important work for any reader, whether they grew up with Pei-mei in their kitchen or not., Michelle T. King has penned a joyous tribute to an icon of Chinese cookery. While many have heard of Fu Pei-mei, few know her backstory. This book fills in those blanks and is the most comprehensive English language account of the tenacious TV host's life. An excellent and long overdue celebration of Fu's long-lasting influence in kitchens around the world., A fascinating, in-depth look at the history and impact of the woman who taught countless mothers and grandmothers how to master Chinese home cooking. As Michelle T. King writes, and we couldn't agree more: 'Skilled home cooks . . . are made in the kitchen, not born through blood.', Finally, a beautifully written and meticulously researched book that celebrates the woman behind the technicolor pages, the fascinating times Fu Pei-mei lived in, and the immense scopeof her influence. An engaging and important work for any reader, whether they grew up with Pei-mei in their kitchen or not., Fu Pei-mei is the role model that I've been looking for: a chef whose influence--extending from her cooking schools to her shows, books, and products--is as wide-ranging as it is enduring. Chop Fry Watch Learn stands as evidence that cooking transcends sustenance when propelled by visionaries like Fu., A spectacularly good book combining the subtle arts of memoir, narrative history, social analysis, and media criticism. Michelle T. King shows us how learning to cook from the media and from street vendors--not from mothers--is at least a hundred years old. It also tells us how cooking is as much about routes of change as it is about roots of tradition. I am excited to use it in my class to draw attention to the social dynamics of cooking outside the Euro-American world., King adeptly tracks Fu's career as a cooking pioneer as well as de facto ambassador for Taiwan. . . . An appealing story of a determined home cook who taught generations how to prepare authentic Chinese food., Chop Fry Watch Learn is the long awaited tribute to Fu Pei-mei whose story is fascinating, inspiring and whose influence on Chinese home cooking is astonishing. This is an eye opening biography that's well researched from a great storyteller., King does a remarkably thorough job of documenting Fu's life. . . . An appealing biography for gastronomes and students of feminist history alike., A spectacularly good book combining the subtle arts of memoir, narrative history, social analysis, and media criticism. Michelle T. King shows us how learning to cook from the media and from street vendors--not from mothers--is at least a hundred years old. I am excited to use it in my class to draw attention to the social dynamics of cooking outside the Euro-American world., Fu Pei-mei is the role model that I've been looking for: a chef whose influence--extending from her cooking schools to her shows, books, and products--is as wide-ranging as it is enduring. Chop Fry Watch Learn stands as evidence that cooking transcends sustenance when propelled by visionaries like Fu, who wield their cleavers with intent and master the flame, weaving cuisine into the broader strokes of culture., A spectacularly good book combining the subtle arts of memoir, narrative history, social analysis, and media criticism. I am excited to use it in my class to draw attention to the social dynamics of cooking outside the Euro-American world., King has penned a joyous tribute to an icon of Chinese cookery. While many have heard of Fu Pei-mei, few know her backstory. This book fills in those blanks and is the most comprehensive English language account of the tenacious TV host's life out there. It is an excellent and long overdue celebration of Fu's long lasting influence in kitchens around the world., A fascinating, in-depth look at the history and impact of the woman who taught countless mothers and grandmothers how to master Chinese home cooking. As Michelle T. King writes, and we couldn't agree more: 'Skilled home cooks...are made in the kitchen, not born through blood.', Comprehensive. . . . [Chop Fry Watch Learn] spans the length of Fu's career while acknowledging the broader societal tensions., A large portion of the American populace still confuses Chinese American food with Chinese food. What a delight, then, to discover this culinary history of the worldwide dissemination of that great cuisine--which moonlights as a biography of Chinese cookbook and TV cooking program pioneer Fu Pei-mei., Michelle King makes culinary icon Fu Pei-mei come alive in this long overdue biography. I feel as if I now know Ms. Fu like an old friend, for King has woven together feminism, cultural identity, and personal stories into a fully realized portrait of an extraordinary life set against contemporary Taiwanese history., King interweaves biography, memoir, and culinary history in her delicious debut. . . . This tasty ode to an undersung chef satisfies., King weaves history lessons, personal anecdotes and firsthand interviews into the thoroughly researched Chop Fry Watch Learn to paint the extent of Fu's legacy. . . . Readers are sure to find her diligent biography compelling., Michelle King makes culinary icon Fu Pei-mei come alive in this long overdue biography. I feel as if I now know Ms. Fu like an old friend, for Professor King has woven together feminism, cultural identity, and personal stories into a full-realized portrait of an extraordinary life set against contemporary Taiwanese history.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
641.5092
Synopsis
In 1949, a young Chinese housewife arrived in Taiwan and transformed herself from a novice to a natural in the kitchen. She launched a career as a cookbook author and television cooking instructor that would last four decades. Years later, in America, flipping through her mother's copies of Fu Pei-mei's Chinese cookbooks, historian Michelle T. King discovered more than the recipes to meals of her childhood. She found, in Fu's story and in her food, a vivid portal to another time, when a generation of middle-class, female home cooks navigated the tremendous postwar transformations taking place across the world. In Chop Fry Watch Learn , King weaves together stories from her own family and contemporary oral history to present a remarkable argument for how understanding the story of Fu's life enables us to see Chinese food as both an inheritance of tradition and a truly modern creation, influenced by the historical phenomena of the postwar era. These include a dramatic increase in the number of women working outside the home, a new proliferation of mass media, the arrival of innovative kitchen tools, and the shifting diplomatic fortunes of China and Taiwan. King reveals how and why, for audiences in Taiwan and around the world, Fu became the ultimate culinary touchstone: the figure against whom all other cooking authorities were measured. And Fu's legacy continues. Her cookbooks have become beloved emblems of cultural memory, passed from parent to child, wherever diasporic Chinese have landed. Informed by the voices of fans across generations, King illuminates the story of Chinese food from the inside: at home, around the family dinner table. The result is a revelatory work, a rich banquet of past and present tastes that will resonate deeply for all of us looking for our histories in the kitchen., In 1949, a young Chinese housewife arrived in Taiwan and transformed herself from a novice to a natural in the kitchen. She launched a career as a cookbook author and television cooking instructor that would last four decades. Years later, in America, flipping through her mother's copies of Fu Pei-mei's Chinese cookbooks, historian Michelle T. King discovered more than the recipes to meals of her childhood. She found, in Fu's story and in her food, a vivid portal to another time, when a generation of middle-class, female home cooks navigated the tremendous postwar transformations taking place across the world. In Chop Fry Watch Learn, King weaves together stories from her own family and contemporary oral history to present a remarkable argument for how understanding the story of Fu's life enables us to see Chinese food as both an inheritance of tradition and a truly modern creation, influenced by the historical phenomena of the postwar era. These include a dramatic increase in the number of women working outside the home, a new proliferation of mass media, the arrival of innovative kitchen tools, and the shifting diplomatic fortunes of China and Taiwan. King reveals how and why, for audiences in Taiwan and around the world, Fu became the ultimate culinary touchstone: the figure against whom all other cooking authorities were measured. And Fu's legacy continues. Her cookbooks have become beloved emblems of cultural memory, passed from parent to child, wherever diasporic Chinese have landed. Informed by the voices of fans across generations, King illuminates the story of Chinese food from the inside: at home, around the family dinner table. The result is a revelatory work, a rich banquet of past and present tastes that will resonate deeply for all of us looking for our histories in the kitchen., A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A spirited new history of Chinese food told through an account of the remarkable life of Fu Pei-mei, the woman who brought Chinese cooking to the world.
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TX649.F8K5 2024
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