Tofu
A Culinary History
Seiten
2024
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-953-1 (ISBN)
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-953-1 (ISBN)
Reviled for decades, this is the comeback of the brave, wobbly block – tofu.
To the untrained eye there’s nothing as unexciting as tofu, normally regarded as a tasteless, beige, congealed mass of crushed, boiled soybeans. However, tofu more than stands up on its own. Reviled for decades as a vegetarian oddity, the brave, wobbly block has made a comeback.
This global history of bean curd stretches from ancient creation myths and tomb paintings, via Chinese poetry and Japanese Buddhist cuisine, to deportations in Soviet Russia and struggles for power on the African continent. It describes the potentially non-Chinese roots of tofu, its myriad types, why ‘eating tofu’ is an insult in Cantonese, and its environmental impact today.
Warning: this book actually makes tofu exciting. It’s anything but bland.
To the untrained eye there’s nothing as unexciting as tofu, normally regarded as a tasteless, beige, congealed mass of crushed, boiled soybeans. However, tofu more than stands up on its own. Reviled for decades as a vegetarian oddity, the brave, wobbly block has made a comeback.
This global history of bean curd stretches from ancient creation myths and tomb paintings, via Chinese poetry and Japanese Buddhist cuisine, to deportations in Soviet Russia and struggles for power on the African continent. It describes the potentially non-Chinese roots of tofu, its myriad types, why ‘eating tofu’ is an insult in Cantonese, and its environmental impact today.
Warning: this book actually makes tofu exciting. It’s anything but bland.
Russell Thomas is an author and journalist currently based in Tokyo. His writing has appeared in the Japan Times, The Guardian and South China Morning Post, among others.
Introduction
1 Liu An and liqi: Ancient Origins of Tofu
2 What's that Smell? Preserving Tofu and Its Byproducts
3 Spreading the Curd: How Tofu Travelled the World
4 Tofu's Journey to the West
5 'Eating Tofu' and Its Place in Culture
6 Tofu Inc., the Business of Bean Curd
Glossary
Recipes
Select Bibliography
Websites and Associations
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.10.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 54 illustrations, 38 in colour |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 208 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Themenkochbücher |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78914-953-3 / 1789149533 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78914-953-1 / 9781789149531 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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