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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:On 'Bad' Chinese Food: Reflections on Sweet-and-Sour Pork
DESCRIPTION:Sweet-and-sour pork: the signature dish of contemporary American Chinese food. Sold in cheap diners\, strip mall buffets\, and P.F. Chang's\, this dish is a staple of contemporary American life. But critics charge that this dish is bad\, epitomizing everything that is wrong with American Chinese food. Greasy\, sweet\, and MSG-laden\, sweet-and-sour pork is a distortion of \"real\" Chinese cooking\, arguably more American than Chinese. In this talk\, I will challenge current views of sweet-and-sour pork by situating this dish within a history of cross-cultural contact and exchange. Through a mouth-watering tour of early modern Chinese meat stews and fried things\, I will also reconsider popular assumptions about culinary authenticity and argue that you should once again relish your sweet-and-sour pork - without shame.
UID:49777-11532466@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/49777
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chinese Studies,Culture,Food
LOCATION:Michigan League - Koessler
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