Chinese fairy tale feasts : a literary cookbook
2024
Book
The fairy tales and folklore of China -- like stories told throughout the ages everywhere -- bring the fantastic world of ghosts and demons into our everyday lives. So it is not surprising that food makes an appearance here -- each story is followed by a simple recipe by Judi Chan. This creative book folds fairy tales into a cookbook of kid-friendly recipes. Most of the thirteen fairy tales included in this book have been adapted and retold from original sources by master storyteller Paul Yee -- a few are original to this text, but remain true to the spirit of the collection. They are accompanied by an introduction by Jane Yolen, one of our most celebrated folklorists. The splendid illustrations by Shaoli Wang bring the collection to life.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9781896580685
- 9781623717087 (trade paperback)
- 9781623717087
- 9781566569934
Description: 160 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm
Notes:
- Publisher, pagination and printing dates may vary.
- Originally published in hardcover: Northampton, MA : Crocodile Books, 2015.
- Canadiana.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 160).
Contents:
- Banquet of waste
- Congee (rice porridge)
- Stretch and fold, stretch and fold
- Dan-dan mian (noodles with peanut sauce)
- A wondrous pear tree
- Almond jelly with fresh fruit
- Magic rice on the mountain
- Fried rice
- The schoolmaster's autumn festival
- Roasted sweet potatoes
- Monkey fights white bone
- Crisp tofu and stir-fried bok-choy
- Steamed bread and salt
- Man-tou (steamed bread)
- Third lady of plank bridge
- Green onion pancakes
- The hall of contented cravings
- Won ton soup
- West ocean greens
- Watercress soup
- New world Cinderella
- Steamed fish with black bean sauce
- The ungrateful wolf
- Beef lettuce wraps
- Gods : one wise, one not
- Poached chicken with green onion and ginger sauce.
Control Number: 3318265
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