(Chinese) Tropp, Barbara. The Modern Art of Chinese Cooking.

623 pp. Essay on wine by Gerald Asher. Jacket. First Edition. NY: William Morrow, [1982]. 

Fascinated by all things Chinese, Tropp learned the language, studied the food, literature, and history, and even lived in Taiwan for two years. She went on to open San Francisco's much-lauded China Moon Cafe, which succeeded until she died from cancer in 2001. A very good copy of Tropp's opus. About fine.