Join us for a historical and sensory exploration of Chinese cuisine with Fuchsia Dunlop, a celebrated cook and food writer from the U.K. Dunlop will introduce us to her latest book Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food on Wednesday, December 13th at 4:30 pm EST. Dunlop's books include Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China, The Food of Sichuan and Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking. Invitation to a Banquet was published by W.W. Norton in the U.S. on November 7th.
Dwight Garner of The New York Times hailed Invitation to a Banquet as "A serious and intrepid work of culinary history."
Jen Lin-Liu, author, culinary journalist, events director and culinary consultant at Chang Chang, a restaurant by Peter Chang in Washington, D.C., will conduct the conversation with Fuchsia Dunlop.