CONTENTS

Introduction

The Accidental Glutton

Wine In No Bottles · China

End of th Chopsticks

FOOD AS POLITICS

Vitamin C Diplomacy · South Korea

Feeding the Opposition · Taiwan

Liberated Lunch · China

Arabian Doubts · Malaysia

Separatist Belly Dancing · China

Presidential Chefs · Taiwan

Five-Ring Fare · China

Tom Yam Tuna Pizza

FOOD AS NOVELTY

Stars But No Bucks · Philippines

From General Tso to Colonel Sanders · China

Where’s the Veg? · India

The Revolution is a Dinner Party · China

Where Hungry Ghosts Go

FOOD AS HISTORY

Dark Legacy · Vietnam

Chip Off the Communist Bloc · China

Sultanic Snacks · Malaysia

Royal Stuffing · Laos

Peasant Chic · China

The Sawdust of History · Macau

Turning the Table · Vietnam

Moral Fiber

FOOD AS IDENTITY

Brown Revolution · Philippines

For Gods’ Sake · Japan

Pot Luck · Hong Kong

A Super Bowl · South Korea

Hey Mon! · Thailand

Feeds Nine Thousand · India

Rice By Any Other Name · Japan

Behind th Steam

FOOD AS PROCESS

High Heat, Low Esteem · Hong Kong

Where Peking Ducks Grow · China

Naked Breakfast · Japan

Engineered Dumplings · Taiwan

Black Market Michelin · Hong Kong

Street Eatin’ Man · Thailand

Is th Goose Cooked?

FOOD ENDANGERED

Bird in Flight · Hong Kong

Cooking for Company · Singapore

Instant Karma · Taiwan

Pack Mentality · Asia

Lost in Hysteria · Japan

The King and Why · Thailand

Revenge of the Snake People · China

Half-Baked Research

FOOD AS SCIENCE

Hungry for Answers · Hong Kong

Seaweedologists · Japan

A Reef Too Far · Hong Kong

Hamming It Up · China

Dewey Drop Inn · Taiwan

Kitchen Gods

FOOD AS CRUSADE

The Food Hunter · Thailand

Grassroots Guru · India

Culinary Colonizers · Thailand

Wok Au Vin · Hong Kong

Jiggs and Junior · India

Odd Chef Out · Singapore

The Hue Home · Vietnam

Coda

Slow Food Country · Laos

Honorable Munchins