Book - The Delights of the Palace: Cooking and Dining in China

Description

A Culinary Journey Through China is a refined work that invites readers to discover China through one of its most essential and universal expressions: its cuisine.

At the crossroads of history, art, and gastronomy, this book offers an immersion into Chinese culinary traditions, illustrated by remarkable artifacts preserved at the National Museum of China and the Guimet Museum, as well as a selection of iconic recipes.

From the Neolithic era to imperial haute cuisine, it traces a history rich in inventions, rituals, and craftsmanship: the birth of noodles, fermented grain beverages, the art of bronze, ceramics, and porcelain, not to mention culinary traditions deeply rooted in medicine and ancestral rites.

More than just a cookbook, it is a cultural and sensory journey that reveals just how central the art of the table is to Chinese civilization-so much so that the first question one asks a loved one remains: "Have you eaten?"