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Swallowing Clouds: A Playful Journey Through Chinese Culture, Language, and Cuisine

Swallowing Clouds: A Playful Journey Through Chinese Culture, Language, and Cuisine - Paperback

by Anthony Zee
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Availability:In StockContributor:Anthony Zee, Linda Rui Feng (Afterword by)Publish date:2014-11-03Pages:386
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Washington PressISBN-13:9780295994208ISBN-10:295994207UPC:9780295994208Book Category:Cooking, Foreign Language Study, HistoryBook Subcategory:Regional & Ethnic, Chinese, AsiaBook Topic:Chinese, ChinaSize:9.78 x 5.08 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.1905Product ID:SCQRBF4V1J

Physics professor Zee writes about how to understand the menus in Chinese restaurants, explaining the characters, what they mean, and the colorful stories behind the names of various dishes. Anne Tyler (in the Washington Post) called Swallowing Clouds "a study of the very nature of Chinese culture. Zee has a quirky, personal style that draws the reader in."

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Washington PressISBN-13:9780295994208ISBN-10:295994207UPC:9780295994208Book Category:Cooking, Foreign Language Study, HistoryBook Subcategory:Regional & Ethnic, Chinese, AsiaBook Topic:Chinese, ChinaSize:9.78 x 5.08 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.1905Product ID:SCQRBF4V1J

A. Zee is professor of theoretical physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the author of Fearful Symmetry: The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics and An Old Man's Toy: Gravity at Work and Play in Einstein's Universe.


Publisher: University of Washington Press

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2nd Edition

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Anthony Zee, Linda Rui Feng (Afterword by)

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Anthony Zee

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