The culture of food and drink occupies a central role in the development of Chinese civilization, and the language of gastronomy has been a vital theme in a range of literary productions. From stanzas
This volume of eight essays examines the scribes of gastronomy – an interesting but vital theme in imperial Chinese literature. From stanzas on food and wine in the Classics of Poetry (詩經) to the arti
Taiwan’s status as an island surrounded by powerful nation states has forced upon it a history of permeable borders and an ever fluctuating cultural subjectivity. Originally inhabited by Austron
