Food and foodways in Asia : resource, tradition and cooking / edited by Sidney C.H. Cheung and Tan Chee-Beng. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2007. - xii, 215 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Anthropology of Asia series ; 17 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fermented marine food products in Vietnam : ecological basis and production / Kenneth Ruddle -- Namako and iriko : historical overview on holothuria (sea cucumber) exploitation, utilization, and trade in Japan / Akamine Jun -- Fish in the marsh : a case study of freshwater fish farming in Hong Kong / Sidney C.H. Cheung -- Poonchoi : the production and popularity of a rural festive cuisine in urban and modern Hong Kong / Chan Kwok-Shing -- Convenient-involvement foods and production of the family meal in South China / Siumi Maria Tam -- Edible mercy : charity food production and fundraising activities in Hong Kong / Satohiro Serizawa -- Estimating rice, agriculture, global trade and national culture in South Korea / Michael Reinschmidt -- A taste of the past : historically-themed restaurants and social memory in Singapore / Wong Hong-Suen -- Indigenous food and foodways : mapping the production of Ainu food in Tokyo / Mark K. Watson -- Authenticity and professionalism in restaurant kitchens / Luke Y.C. Fung -- In search of a Macanese cookbook / Alexander Mamak -- Nyonya cuisine : Chinese, non-Chinese and the making of a famous cuisine in Southeast Asia / Tan Chee-Beng -- From Malacca to Adelaide : fragments towards a biography of cooking, yearning and laksa / Jean Duruz -- Asia's contributions to world cuisine : a beginning inquiry / Sidney W. Mintz. Fermented marine food products in Vietnam : ecological basis and production / Kenneth Ruddle -- Namako and iriko : historical overview on holothuria (sea cucumber) exploitation, utilization, and trade in Japan / Akamine Jun -- Fish in the marsh : a case study of freshwater fish farming in Hong Kong / Sidney C.H. Cheung -- Poonchoi : the production and popularity of a rural festive cuisine in urban and modern Hong Kong / Chan Kwok-Shing -- Convenient-involvement foods and production of the family meal in South China / Siumi Maria Tam -- Edible mercy : charity food production and fundraising activities in Hong Kong / Satohiro Serizawa -- Estimating rice, agriculture, global trade and national culture in South Korea / Michael Reinschmidt -- A taste of the past : historically-themed restaurants and social memory in Singapore / Wong Hong-Suen -- Indigenous food and foodways : mapping the production of Ainu food in Tokyo / Mark K. Watson -- Authenticity and professionalism in restaurant kitchens / Luke Y.C. Fung -- In search of a Macanese cookbook / Alexander Mamak -- Nyonya cuisine : Chinese, non-Chinese and the making of a famous cuisine in Southeast Asia / Tan Chee-Beng -- From Malacca to Adelaide : fragments towards a biography of cooking, yearning and laksa / Jean Duruz -- Asia's contributions to world cuisine : a beginning inquiry / Sidney W. Mintz.

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Food--Social aspects--Asia.
Food habits--Asia.
Cooking, Asian--Social aspects


Asia--Social life and customs.

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