Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China

Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through ChinaA memorable and mouthwatering cook's tour of today's China As a freelance journalist and food writer living in Beijing, Jen Lin Liu already had a ringside seat for China's exploding food scene. When she decided to enroll in a local cooking school held in an unheated classroom with nary a measuring cup in sight she jumped into the ring herself. Progressing from cooking student to noodle stall and dumpling house apprentice to intern at a chic Shanghai

A memorable and mouthwatering cook's tour of today's China

As a freelance journalist and food writer living in Beijing, Jen Lin-Liu already had a ringside seat for China's exploding food scene. When she decided to enroll in a local cooking school--held in an unheated classroom with nary a measuring cup in sight--she jumped into the ring herself. Progressing from cooking student to noodle-stall and dumpling-house apprentice to intern at a chic Shanghai restaurant, she finds poor young men and women streaming in from the provinces in search of a "rice bowl" (living wage); a burgeoning urban middle class hungry for luxury after decades of turmoil and privation; and the mentors who take her in hand in the kitchen and beyond. Together they present an unforgettable slice of contemporary China in the full swing of social and economic transformation.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 05/22/2009
ISBN: 9780156033749
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.10d