Thomas David DuBois

China in Seven Banquets ranges through 5,000 years of China's food history in seven iconic meals. From the opulent Eight Treasures fete to the 'Tail-Burning' banquet of the Tang Dynasty and the Qing court's extravagant 'complete Manchu-Han feast'. We also experience lavish repasts from literature and film, a New Year's buffet from 1920s Shanghai and a delivery menu from the...