(*NEW ARRIVAL*) (Chinese) Corinne Lamb. The Chinese Festive Board

Illus. with drawings & photographs, as well as map endpapers by John Kirk Sewall. Pictorial flexible boards. Second Edition. Peking: Henri Vetch, [1938].

This delightful book presents a picture of Chinese manners and dining etiquette that is as accurate today as it was when it was first published in 1935. Included with images is a mounted-in sample red silk invitation to a banquet. Complemented by a selection of Chinese proverbs, line drawings and photographs, chapters deal with the convention of Chinese food, wine, ingredients, and how to order a meal. In addition, the book features a selection of recipes gathered by the author over twenty years of hospitality at the tables of princes, peasants, generals, and innkeepers.

“It would be well perhaps if we first altered some of our preconceived notions regarding the Chinese diet.  Many people think that the Chinese live entirely on rice; some believe that rats also occupy and important place on the daily menu.  Both ideas are mistaken and should be discarded.” – Corinne Lamb

Mild rubbing to spine ends & extremities, otherwise a very good copy of a scarce book.

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