Swallowing Clouds: Two Millennia of Chinese Tradition, Folklore, and History Hidden in the Language - Softcover

Zee, A.

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Synopsis

Uses descriptions of simple Chinese dishes as a starting point for exploring aspects of Chinese language, folklore, and civilization

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Nominated for the James Beard Award and the International Association of Culinary Professionals Cookbook Award

About the Author

A. Zee is professor of physics at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of Fearful Symmetry and Einsteinís Universe.

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ISBN 10:  0671646656 ISBN 13:  9780671646653
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1990
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