A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts
By: Ying Chang Compestine ; illustrated by Coleman Polhemus.
Contributors: Polhemus, Coleman, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780805082081
Subjects: Ghosts -- Fiction; Cookery, Chinese -- Fiction; Family life -- China -- Fiction; Short stories; China -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Presents and eight-course banquet of ghost stories centering around Chinese cooking and culture. Each story is followed by a recipe and historical notes.
Notes: "Christy Ottaviano Books."
Table of contents: title: Appetizers. Steamed dumplings ; Tea eggs; title: Main courses. Beef stew ; Warm tofu with chili-garlic sauce ; Long-life noodles ; Egg stir-fried rice; title: Dessert. Jasmine almond cookies ; Eight-treasure rice pudding.