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Beyond the Great Wall, recipes and travels in the other China, Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid ; studio photographs by Richard Jung ; location photographs by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid

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Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid ; studio photographs by Richard Jung ; location photographs by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid

recipes and travels in the other China

In the West, when we think about food in China, what usually comes to mind are the signature dishes of Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai. But beyond the urbanized eastern third of China lie the high open spaces and sacred places of Tibet, the Silk Road oases of Xinjiang, the steppelands of Inner Mongolia, and the steeply terraced hills of Yunnan and Guizhou. The peoples who live in these regions are culturally distinct, with their own history and their own unique culinary traditions. For more than twenty-five years, both separately and together, Duguid and Alford have journeyed all over the outlying regions of China, sampling local home cooking and street food, making friends and taking lustrous photographs. Beyond the Great Wall shares the experience in a rich mosaic of recipes - from Central Asian cumin-scented kebabs and flatbreads to Tibetan stews and Mongolian hot pots

Introduction -- The land -- The people -- The food -- Condiments and seasonings -- Soups -- Salads -- Mostly vegetables -- Noodles and dumplings -- Rice and grains -- Breads -- Fish -- Chicken and eggs -- Lamb and beef -- Pork -- Drinks and sweet treats -- Afterword -- Travel beyond the great wall -- A note on sinicization and cultural survival -- Glossary