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On the Noodle Road
Contributor(s): Lin-Liu, Jen (Author), Marlo, Coleen (Narrated by)
ISBN: 1452665605     ISBN-13: 9781452665603
Publisher: Tantor Audio
OUR PRICE:   $26.99  
Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats
Published: August 2013
* Not available - Not in print at this time *
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BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | Specific Ingredients - Pasta
- Cooking | Essays & Narratives
Dewey: 641.822
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 4.82" W x 8.09" (0.20 lbs)
 
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Publisher Description:
Feasting her way through an Italian honeymoon, Jen Lin-Liu was struck by culinary echoes of the delicacies she ate and cooked back in China, where she'd lived for more than a decade. Who really invented the noodle? she wondered, like many before her. But also: How had food and culture moved along the Silk Road, the ancient trade route linking Asia to Europe-and what could still be felt of those long-ago migrations? With her new husband's blessing, she set out to discover the connections, both historical and personal, eating a path through western China and on into Central Asia, Iran, Turkey, and across the Mediterranean. The journey takes Lin-Liu into the private kitchens where the headscarves come off and women not only knead and simmer but also confess and confide. The thin rounds of dough stuffed with meat that are dumplings in Beijing evolve into manti in Turkey-their tiny size the measure of a bride's worth-and end as tortellini in Italy. And as she stirs and samples, listening to the women talk about their lives and longings, Lin-Liu gains a new appreciation of her own marriage, learning to savor the sweetness of love freely chosen.

Contributor Bio(s): Marlo, Coleen: - AudioFile Earphones Award winner Coleen Marlo has earned numerous Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Awards and won an Audie Award for her narration of Snakewoman of Little Egypt by Robert Hellenga.Lin-Liu, Jen: - Jen Lin-Liu is the author of Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China. She has written about food, culture, and travel for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Saveur, Newsweek, Travel + Leisure, and other publications.