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mike_c

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1. I'm reading Fushia Dunlop's Invitation to a Banquet:...

Reply to ExWhoDoesntCare (Original post)

Wed Nov 22, 2023, 09:19 PM

Nov 2023

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...The Story of Chinese Food. I've been a fan of her cookbooks for some years, which are not only authoritative but also a joy to read. This is different, not a cookbook but a history and philosophy of Chinese cooking. It's quite good. It's basically meant to explain Chinese cuisine to western readers.

Also on my desk are The Disappearance of Butterflies by Josef Reichholf and The Man Who Organized Nature: The Life of Linnaeus by Gunnar Broberg.

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I'm reading Fushia Dunlop's Invitation to a Banquet:... mike_c Nov 2023 #1