Invitation to a Banquet

WINNER OF THE FORTNUM AND MASON FOOD BOOK AWARD
LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDRE SIMON AWARD

‘A brilliant, passionate and spellbinding tour de force’ Claudia Roden

The epic tale of the world''s most sophisticated gastronomic culture, told through a banquet of thirty Chinese dishes

Chinese was the earliest truly global cuisine. When the first Chinese labourers began to sojourn and settle abroad, restaurants ap...