APPENDIX A. LATE IMPERIAL RECIPE COLLECTIONS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. CHINESE DYNASTIES AND REGIMES xi
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. 1. NAMES AND PLACES 7
7. 2. SPICING UP THE PALATE 29
8. 3. SPICING UP THE PHARMACOPEIA 77
9. 4. TOO HOT FOR WORDS 106
10. 5. CHILES AS BEAUTIFUL OBJECTS AND LITERARY EMBLEMS 129
11. 6. MAO’S LITTLE RED SPICE 156
12. APPENDIX A. LATE IMPERIAL RECIPE COLLECTIONS 197
13. APPENDIX B. MEDICAL TEXTS CONSULTED 199
14. NOTES 203
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 241
16. INDEX 269