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- catalog abstract "Cecilia Chiang is the presiding genius of one of the great Chinese restaurants of the world, The Mandarin, in Ghirardelli square in San Francisco. A native of China, one of thirteen children in a familyof great wealth, she was brought up in an ancient palace in Peking, in sheltered, luxurious, and as it must seem to American readers, invincibly exotic circumstances. Now, in collaboration with Allan Carr, she has recalled the Mandarin way as she knew it in a memoir that eludes conventional classification - at once a fascinating account of growing up in Old China, a re-creation of its festivals and customs, and a little treasury of recipes from the classic Chinese cuisine. -- from dust cover.".
- catalog contributor b2271517.
- catalog contributor b2271518.
- catalog coverage "China Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c1974.".
- catalog date "1974".
- catalog date "c1974.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1974.".
- catalog description "Cecilia Chiang is the presiding genius of one of the great Chinese restaurants of the world, The Mandarin, in Ghirardelli square in San Francisco. A native of China, one of thirteen children in a familyof great wealth, she was brought up in an ancient palace in Peking, in sheltered, luxurious, and as it must seem to American readers, invincibly exotic circumstances. Now, in collaboration with Allan Carr, she has recalled the Mandarin way as she knew it in a memoir that eludes conventional classification - at once a fascinating account of growing up in Old China, a re-creation of its festivals and customs, and a little treasury of recipes from the classic Chinese cuisine. -- from dust cover.".
- catalog description "First moon -- Interlude: Of shopping and its pleasures -- Second moon -- Interlude: Of the unexpected guest and the resourceful hostess -- Third moon -- Interlude: Of foods for drinking -- a cocktail party adapted from a Mandarin table -- Fourth moon -- Interlude: Of Peking duck -- Fifth moon -- Interlude: Of an elderly relative and elegant simplicity -- Sixth moon -- Interlude: Of the Mandarin way with vegetables -- Seventh moon -- Interlude: Some thoughts on desserts and a dinner for a distinguished visitor -- Eighth moon -- Interlude: Dishes from a Mandarin banquet -- Ninth moon -- Interlude: Of crab banquets and crustaceans -- Tenth moon -- Interlude: Of a family dinner and firepot cooking -- Eleventh moon -- Interlude: Of leftovers and the good housekeeper -- Twelfth moon -- Two postcripts -- Practical shopping.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 274 p.".
- catalog identifier "0316139009 (hbk.)".
- catalog identifier "9780316139007 (hbk.)".
- catalog issued "1974".
- catalog issued "c1974.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Little, Brown and Co.,".
- catalog spatial "China Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "394.1/0951".
- catalog subject "Cooking, Chinese.".
- catalog subject "DS721 .C48127 1974".
- catalog tableOfContents "First moon -- Interlude: Of shopping and its pleasures -- Second moon -- Interlude: Of the unexpected guest and the resourceful hostess -- Third moon -- Interlude: Of foods for drinking -- a cocktail party adapted from a Mandarin table -- Fourth moon -- Interlude: Of Peking duck -- Fifth moon -- Interlude: Of an elderly relative and elegant simplicity -- Sixth moon -- Interlude: Of the Mandarin way with vegetables -- Seventh moon -- Interlude: Some thoughts on desserts and a dinner for a distinguished visitor -- Eighth moon -- Interlude: Dishes from a Mandarin banquet -- Ninth moon -- Interlude: Of crab banquets and crustaceans -- Tenth moon -- Interlude: Of a family dinner and firepot cooking -- Eleventh moon -- Interlude: Of leftovers and the good housekeeper -- Twelfth moon -- Two postcripts -- Practical shopping.".
- catalog title "The Mandarin way / by Cecilia Sun Yun Chiang as told to Allan Carr.".
- catalog type "text".