ABSTRACT

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

part |8 pages

Part One Let’s Eat Chinese

chapter 1|14 pages

The Quest for Novelty

chapter 2|22 pages

The Pursuit of Authenticity

chapter 3|16 pages

The Other as Resource

part |8 pages

Part Two How I Ate Civet Cat and Lived to Tell the Tale

chapter 4|20 pages

And Reader, We Ate It

part |4 pages

Part Three Let’s Cook Thai

chapter 6|14 pages

Can the Doughboy Be an Insider?

chapter 7|12 pages

How to Stuff a Wild Zucchini

chapter 8|20 pages

Aided by My Faithful Old Family Cook

part |6 pages

Part Four Toward Anticolonialist Eating

chapter 9|12 pages

Okay, Let’s Stay Home

chapter 10|24 pages

The Skeptical Palate

chapter 11|26 pages

Eating in Context