Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Reading Chinese Menus: Fresh

Tags: ethnic studies, food, linguistics, networking, reading
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marina_bonomi

marina_bonomi

March 17 2011, 13:11:48 UTC 10 years ago

Thanks for linking to this kind of posts, the in-depth discussion of the meaning and composition of the relevant logograms is fascinating.

By the way, if you are interested in Chinese food, I'd recomment reading "The Last Chinese Chef" by Nicole Mones.
It is a novel and has a bit of romance, but, given that one of the main characters is a chef, and the grand-child of one of the last imperial cooks there is a whole lot of well researched history and philosophy of Chinese food in it.
I've used excerpt from the book (together with other materials, of course) holding lectures on the topic in a professional school for cooks over here.
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ysabetwordsmith

March 18 2011, 02:34:58 UTC 10 years ago

I love language-series posts. I catch these whenever I can. There's this one on Chinese food, and another one on Yoruban language in general.