Chop Fry Watch Learn – Fu Pei-Mei and Modern Chinese Cuisine by Michelle T King 2024 Hardcover-image

Chop Fry Watch Learn – Fu Pei-Mei and Modern Chinese Cuisine by Michelle T King 2024 Hardcover

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Intended Audience: Trade Genre: Cooking, House & Home, Biography & Autobiography ISBN-13: 9781324021285 Item Length: 9.4 in Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 1324021284 Illustrator: Yes Author: Michelle T. King Dewey Edition: 23 Reviews: Fascinating. . . . As Michelle T. King demonstrates in this moving and ambitious biography, Fu Pei-mei was far more than 'the Julia Child of Chinese cooking.', Michelle Tien King fuses the story of a fascinating modern culinary leader--a champion of Chinese mothers and wives--with the history of postwar Taiwan. It made me hungry for more Fu Pei-mei--and for dumplings., The long-awaited tribute to Fu Pei-mei whose story is fascinating and inspiring, and whose influence on Chinese home cooking is astonishing. This is an eye-opening biography that's well researched from a great storyteller., Fu Pei-mei is the role model that I've been looking for: a chef whose influence--extending from her cooking schools to her shows, books, and products--is as wide-ranging as it is enduring. Chop Fry Watch Learn stands as evidence that cooking transcends sustenance when propelled by visionaries like Fu, who wield their cleavers with intent and master the flame, weaving cuisine into the broader strokes of culture.", King has woven together feminism, cultural identity, and personal stories into a fully realized portrait of an extraordinary life set against contemporary Taiwanese history., A joyous tribute to an icon of Chinese cookery. While many have heard of Fu Pei-mei, few know her backstory. This book is an excellent and long overdue celebration of Fu's long-lasting influence in kitchens around the world., Chop Fry Watch Learn is the long-awaited tribute to Fu Pei-mei whose story is fascinating, inspiring and whose influence on Chinese home cooking is astonishing. This is an eye-opening biography that's well researched from a great storyteller., King is acute and sensitive in presenting the paradoxes of Fu's identity....She has produced that rare biography in which a protagonist comes to complex, contradiction-ridden life with no sacrifice of painstaking factual accuracy., Finally, a beautifully written and meticulously researched book that celebrates the woman behind the technicolor pages, the fascinating times Fu Pei-mei lived in, and the immense scope of her influence. Michelle T. King tackles complex social and political themes within this history, making it an engaging and important work for any reader, whether they grew up with Pei-mei in their kitchen or not., Michelle T. King has penned a joyous tribute to an icon of Chinese cookery. While many have heard of Fu Pei-mei, few know her backstory. This book fills in those blanks and is the most comprehensive English language account of the tenacious TV host's life. An excellent and long overdue celebration of Fu's long-lasting influence in kitchens around the world., A fascinating, in-depth look at the history and impact of the woman who taught countless mothers and grandmothers how to master Chinese home cooking. As Michelle T. King writes, and we couldn't agree more: 'Skilled home cooks . . . are made in the kitchen, not born through blood.', In Chop Fry Watch Learn, King deftly weaves discussions of feminism, nationalism, and geopolitics into a lively account of one woman's remarkable life....As King reminds us, what we put on the table is never made from scratch. We are always channeling culinary knowledge accumulated during our journeys and across generations., Finally, a beautifully written and meticulously researched book that celebrates the woman behind the technicolor pages, the fascinating times Fu Pei-mei lived in, and the immense scopeof her influence. An engaging and important work for any reader, whether they grew up with Pei-mei in their kitchen or not., Fu Pei-mei is the role model that I've been looking for: a chef whose influence--extending from her cooking schools to her shows, books, and products--is as wide-ranging as it is enduring. Chop Fry Watch Learn stands as evidence that cooking transcends sustenance when propelled by visionaries like Fu., A spectacularly good book combining the subtle arts of memoir, narrative history, social analysis, and media criticism. Michelle T. King shows us how learning to cook from the media and from street vendors--not from mothers--is at least a hundred years old. It also tells us how cooking is as much about routes of change as it is about roots of tradition. I am excited to use it in my class to draw attention to the social dynamics of cooking outside the Euro-American world., Chop Fry Watch Learn is the long awaited tribute to Fu Pei-mei whose story is fascinating, inspiring and whose influence on Chinese home cooking is astonishing. This is an eye opening biography that's well researched from a great storyteller., King adeptly tracks Fu's career as a cooking pioneer as well as de facto ambassador for Taiwan. . . . An appealing story of a determined home cook who taught generations how to prepare authentic Chinese food., King does a remarkably thorough job of documenting Fu's life. . . . An appealing biography for gastronomes and students of feminist history alike., A spectacularly good book combining the subtle arts of memoir, narrative history, social analysis, and media criticism. Michelle T. King shows us how learning to cook from the media and from street vendors--not from mothers--is at least a hundred years old. I am excited to use it in my class to draw attention to the social dynamics of cooking outside the Euro-American world., Fu Pei-mei is the role model that I've been looking for: a chef whose influence--extending from her cooking schools to her shows, books, and products--is as wide-ranging as it is enduring. Chop Fry Watch Learn stands as evidence that cooking transcends sustenance when propelled by visionaries like Fu, who wield their cleavers with intent and master the flame, weaving cuisine into the broader strokes of culture., A spectacularly good book combining the subtle arts of memoir, narrative history, social analysis, and media criticism. I am excited to use it in my class to draw attention to the social dynamics of cooking outside the Euro-American world., King has penned a joyous tribute to an icon of Chinese cookery. While many have heard of Fu Pei-mei, few know her backstory. This book fills in those blanks and is the most comprehensive English language account of the tenacious TV host's life out there. It is an excellent and long overdue celebration of Fu's long lasting influence in kitchens around the world., A fascinating, in-depth look at the history and impact of the woman who taught countless mothers and grandmothers how to master Chinese home cooking. As Michelle T. King writes, and we couldn't agree more: 'Skilled home cooks...are made in the kitchen, not born through blood.', Comprehensive. . . . [Chop Fry Watch Learn] spans the length of Fu's career while acknowledging the broader societal tensions., Michelle King makes culinary icon Fu Pei-mei come alive in this long overdue biography. I feel as if I now know Ms. Fu like an old friend, for King has woven together feminism, cultural identity, and personal stories into a fully realized portrait of an extraordinary life set against contemporary Taiwanese history., A large portion of the American populace still confuses Chinese American food with Chinese food. What a delight, then, to discover this culinary history of the worldwide dissemination of that great cuisine--which moonlights as a biography of Chinese cookbook and TV cooking program pioneer Fu Pei-mei., King interweaves biography, memoir, and culinary history in her delicious debut. . . . This tasty ode to an undersung chef satisfies., King weaves history lessons, personal anecdotes and firsthand interviews into the thoroughly researched Chop Fry Watch Learn to paint the extent of Fu's legacy. . . . Readers are sure to find her diligent biography compelling., Michelle King makes culinary icon Fu Pei-mei come alive in this long overdue biography. I feel as if I now know Ms. Fu like an old friend, for Professor King has woven together feminism, cultural identity, and personal stories into a full-realized portrait of an extraordinary life set against contemporary Taiwanese history. gtin13: 9781324021285 brand: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w. Topic: Culinary, General, History Item Weight: 20.4 Oz Publication Year: 2024 Synopsis: In 1949, a young Chinese housewife arrived in Taiwan and transformed herself from a novice to a natural in the kitchen. She launched a career as a cookbook author and television cooking instructor that would last four decades. Years later, in America, flipping through her mother's copies of Fu Pei-mei's Chinese cookbooks, historian Michelle T. King discovered more than the recipes to meals of her childhood. She found, in Fu's story and in her food, a vivid portal to another time, when a generation of middle-class, female home cooks navigated the tremendous postwar transformations taking place across the world. In Chop Fry Watch Learn , King weaves together stories from her own family and contemporary oral history to present a remarkable argument for how understanding the story of Fu's life enables us to see Chinese food as both an inheritance of tradition and a truly modern creation, influenced by the historical phenomena of the postwar era. These include a dramatic increase in the number of women working outside the home, a new proliferation of mass media, the arrival of innovative kitchen tools, and the shifting diplomatic fortunes of China and Taiwan. King reveals how and why, for audiences in Taiwan and around the world, Fu became the ultimate culinary touchstone: the figure against whom all other cooking authorities were measured. And Fu's legacy continues. Her cookbooks have become beloved emblems of cultural memory, passed from parent to child, wherever diasporic Chinese have landed. Informed by the voices of fans across generations, King illuminates the story of Chinese food from the inside: at home, around the family dinner table. The result is a revelatory work, a rich banquet of past and present tastes that will resonate deeply for all of us looking for our histories in the kitchen., In 1949, a young Chinese housewife arrived in Taiwan and transformed herself from a novice to a natural in the kitchen. She launched a career as a cookbook author and television cooking instructor that would last four decades. Years later, in America, flipping through her mother's copies of Fu Pei-mei's Chinese cookbooks, historian Michelle T. King discovered more than the recipes to meals of her childhood. She found, in Fu's story and in her food, a vivid portal to another time, when a generation of middle-class, female home cooks navigated the tremendous postwar transformations taking place across the world. In Chop Fry Watch Learn, King weaves together stories from her own family and contemporary oral history to present a remarkable argument for how understanding the story of Fu's life enables us to see Chinese food as both an inheritance of tradition and a truly modern creation, influenced by the historical phenomena of the postwar era. These include a dramatic increase in the number of women working outside the home, a new proliferation of mass media, the arrival of innovative kitchen tools, and the shifting diplomatic fortunes of China and Taiwan. King reveals how and why, for audiences in Taiwan and around the world, Fu became the ultimate culinary touchstone: the figure against whom all other cooking authorities were measured. And Fu's legacy continues. Her cookbooks have become beloved emblems of cultural memory, passed from parent to child, wherever diasporic Chinese have landed. Informed by the voices of fans across generations, King illuminates the story of Chinese food from the inside: at home, around the family dinner table. The result is a revelatory work, a rich banquet of past and present tastes that will resonate deeply for all of us looking for our histories in the kitchen., One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2024 * One of NPR's Books We Loved in 2024 * A Saveur Best Narrative Food Book of 2024 *. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A spirited new history of Chinese food told through an account of the remarkable life of Fu Pei-mei, the woman who brought Chinese cooking to the world., One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2024 * One of NPR's Books We Loved in 2024 * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A spirited new history of Chinese food told through an account of the remarkable life of Fu Pei-mei, the woman who brought Chinese cooking to the world. Item Width: 6.3 in Book Title: Chop Fry Watch Learn : Fu Pei-Mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w. Item Height: 1.2 in Dewey Decimal: 641.5092 LC Classification Number: TX649.F8K5 2024 Number of Pages: 336 Pages

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Further Details Title: Chop Fry Watch Learn Condition: New Format: Hardback Subtitle: Fu Pei-mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food Author: Michelle T. King ISBN-10: 1324021284 EAN: 9781324021285 ISBN: 9781324021285 Publisher: WW Norton & Co Genre: Food & Drink Topic: Social Sciences, Biography, Society & Culture Release Date: 05/14/2024 Description: In 1949, a young Chinese woman arrived in Taiwan, fleeing from the chaos of war on the mainland. At the time, Fu Pei-mei had no idea how to cook. Yet as a young housewife she taught herself and launched a career as a television instructor that would last four decades, entrancing millions of viewers who grew up watching her prepare thousands of delectable dishes with skill and verve. As her fame grew, she travelled beyond the borders of Taiwan, teaching the rest of the world how to cook Chinese food. Woven into this lively account of Fu’s life and times are Michelle King’s own family stories, personal reflections and contemporary oral history, raising questions about food, gender, diaspora and cultural identity. Chop Fry Watch Learn is a revelatory work, a rich banquet of past and present tastes that will resonate deeply for all of us looking for our histories in the kitchen. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 239mm Item Length: 160mm Item Width: 30mm Item Weight: 577g Type: Countries & Regions Release Year: 2024 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

  1. This book is a fascinating deep dive into Fu Pei-mei’s incredible journey and how she shaped modern Chinese cuisine. Michelle T. King’s writing brings history, culture, and food together in a way that’s both engaging and enlightening. A must-read for foodies and history buffs alike—it’s as rich and satisfying as the dishes Fu Pei-mei made famous!

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