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Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food

Top of the pile

88

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

80/100

Critics

95/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Fuchsia Dunlop

Publisher:

W. W. Norton & Company

Date:

November 7, 2023

The world's most sophisticated gastronomic culture, presented through a banquet of thirty Chinese dishes.

What The Reviewers Say

Dwight Garner,
The New York Times
Masterly.
Eugenia Bone,
The Wall Street Journal
Offers food tours to help people like me develop a deeper appreciation of the varieties of Chinese cuisine.
Mei Chin,
Irish Times (IRE)
An ecstatic compendium of her Chinese romance. Chapters are divided into banquet 'courses'.
Andrew Irwin,
Times Literary Supplement (UK)
Fascinating.