The chile pepper in China : a cultural biography /
"China was introduced to the American chili pepper in the 16th century, and adoption of the foreign crop spread rapidly to fulfill regional needs. While the Chinese were initially unclear on how to incorporate the chili into their diets and how to compare it alongside their native plants (was i...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Arts and traditions of the table.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Names and places : how the chile found its way "home" to China
- Spicing up the palate
- Spicing up the pharmacopeia
- Too hot for words : elite reticence towards chile peppers
- Chiles as beautiful objects and literary emblems
- Mao's little red spice : chiles and regional identity
