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Book SynopsisBeginning in her grandmother's kitchen in California, the author travels to her family's home in China, and from there fans out to embrace Hakka cooking across the globe. She likens Hakka cooking to a nomadic type of 'soul food', or a hearty cooking tradition that responds to a shared history of hardship and oppression.
Trade Review"A documentation of how a cuisine has adapted to its surroundings, a fusion food out of necessity... Worth a read." -- Martha Cheng Honolulu Magazine "[A] fascinating journey... [the book] offers a unique look at what has been called 'the Gypsy cuisine of China.'" -- John Lekich Books To Cooks.com "Cozy as a kitchen scrapbook, filled with recipes that simply work." The Cleaver Quarterly
Table of ContentsForeword by Martin Yan List of Recipes Acknowledgments Notes to the Reader Introduction 1. Popo's Kitchen on Gold Mountain: California 2. Hakka Cooking in the Homeland: China 3. Leaving the Mainland: Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Mauritius 4. Across the Pacific: Peru, Hawaii, and Tahiti 5. Multiple Migrations: Toronto and New York 6. Return to Gold Mountain The Hakka Kitchen The Hakka Pantry Basic Recipes Table of Equivalents Bibliography Index
