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Also by Jeffrey Alford:

Beyond the Great Wall, May 2008
Hardcover
Mangoes & Curry Leaves, November 2005
Hardcover

Also by Naomi Duguid:

Beyond the Great Wall, May 2008
Hardcover
Mangoes & Curry Leaves, November 2005
Hardcover

BEYOND THE GREAT WALL
By: Jeffrey Alford, Naomi Duguid

Recipes and Travels in the Other China

Artisan
May 2008
On Sale: May 1, 2008
376 pages
ISBN: 1579653014
EAN: 9781579653019
Hardcover
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A bold and eye-opening new cookbook with magnificent photos and unforgettable stories.

In the West, when we think about food in China, what usually comes to mind are the signature dishes of Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai. But beyond the urbanized eastern third of China lie the high open spaces and sacred places of Tibet, the Silk Road oases of Xinjiang, the steppelands of Inner Mongolia, and the steeply terraced hills of Yunnan and Guizhou. The peoples who live in these regions are culturally distinct, with their own history and their own unique culinary traditions. In Beyond the Great Wall, the inimitable duo of Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid—who first met as young travelers in Tibet—bring home the enticing flavors of this other China.

For more than twenty-five years, both separately and together, Duguid and Alford have journeyed all over the outlying regions of China, sampling local home cooking and street food, making friends and taking lustrous photographs. Beyond the Great Wall shares the experience in a rich mosaic of recipes—from Central Asian cumin-scented kebabs and flatbreads to Tibetan stews and Mongolian hot pots—photos, and stories. A must-have for every food lover, and an inspiration for cooks and armchair travelers alike.

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