Representative of a new genre of serious and scholarly books on cuisine as an integral part of culture, Accounting for Taste demonstrates the importance of a field of study that was deemed 'too trivial' for academic exploration when I was a college student thirty years ago."-Jacques Pépin "I welcome and applaud Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson's well-researched and enlightening book on a subject that is near and dear to me and countless others: French cuisine. In a striking epilogue, Ferguson minutely analyzes the film Babette's Feast, showing how French cooking came to stand in the film for art in general."- Booklist But she does find America's attitude toward a single meal, Thanksgiving, a revealing exception to the general rule. She contrasts the aesthetic of French dining with the raucous, undisciplined cuisine of America. In this culinary history, Ferguson traces how the cooking of the French nation survived revolutions and changes in fashion to reach the summit of good taste. "French cuisine may or may not be the world's best, but it certainly is the most widely influential cooking style, and it is unquestionably the standard against which all other cuisines are measured. Accounting for Taste brims over with both anecdote and insight, not to mention cartoons and illustrations, and is particularly good both on the written formalising of French cooking at the beginning of the 19th century and on France's export of a sort of culinary-pastoral myth of itself."-Ian Kelly, The Times (UK) "Ferguson has her nose in the right place, and an infectious lust for her subject that makes this trawl through the history and cultural significance of French food from French Revolution to Babettes Feast via Balzac's suppers and Proust's madeleines a satisfying meal of varied courses.
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If you enjoy Chinese cuisine this might also be an interesting movie to see.Babette's Feast: A Fable for Culinary France If you’ve seen God of Cookery I strongly suggest checking this movie out. This is a laid back movie that most people can enjoy. There was a basic story that was easy to understand, a nice cast of characters and some great cooking. Overall I found The Chinese Feast to be a very enjoyable movie. In addition to the actually cooking the finished dishes were quite something to look at, each of them a work of art on its own. They were truly a beauty to watch and probably the strongest point to this film. It’s hard to explain but these scenes managed to integrate the swiftness of martial arts, the wisdom of philosophy and the value of tradition.
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It sounds a little funny calling a cooking scene exciting but it is the truth. One element that was especially incredible to watch was the cooking scenes. The general visual aspect of the movie was quite ordinary, there were no elaborate settings but for such a movie it fits in with what the story calls for. Zhao Wen-Zhou performance was probably the most enjoyable he is very charismatic much like in the way Jet Li was when he used to make those old kung fu movies where he played the role of a monk. Kenny Bee, Zhao Wen-Zhou and Xiong Xin-Xin all of them performed incredibly well in their portrayal of master chefs. Don’t get me wrong Leslie Cheung and Anita Yuen both do an excellent performance but the kung fu chefs just stole the show. Mind you I find the secondary characters more enjoyable than two main characters. For the most part the humor in the movie is quite international but there will be some jokes that will not be so funny to anyone who is not familiar with Chinese comedy.Īnother element that made this movie enjoyable to watch was the excellent cast. There wasn’t a dull moment in the film and the pace of the story is smooth. The initial premise starts off quite simple the story manages to acquire a little more depth during the course of the movie but always remains simple and enjoyable.
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Chinese Feast has a very light hearted and comedic story that is enjoyable to follow. Magical cooking skills don’t make a movie on its own, you need a good story to back up the action else the movie wouldn’t be anything more than an episode of the Iron Chef. Seems like an odd concept doesn’t it but surprisingly it looks great and the finished dishes even better. Imagine a mixture between mystical martial arts and cooking, sort of the chef working magic to create incredible dishes. For those who are not familiar with either of these titles let me give you a run down of the concept behind the movie. Released two years prior to God of Cookery it would not be a surprise if Chinese Feast was the main inspiration for Stephen Chow. Chinese Feast is sort of a precursor to the well-known God of Cookery.