Tofu

Description

Tofu
by Russell Thomas

ISBN: 9781789149531
Hardcover, new, Publication Date 12/31/2024

Brief Description:
The surprising, spicy story of this globe-trotting vegetable protein
staple. To the untrained eye, there’s nothing as unexciting as tofu,
normally regarded as a tasteless, beige, congealed mass of crushed, boiled
soybeans. However, tofu more than stands up on its own. Reviled for decades
as a vegetarian oddity, the brave, wobbly block has made a comeback. This
global history of bean curd stretches from ancient creation myths and tomb
paintings, via Chinese poetry and Japanese Buddhist cuisine, to
deportations in Soviet Russia and struggles for power on the African
continent. It describes the potentially non-Chinese roots of tofu, its
myriad types, why “eating tofu” is an insult in Cantonese, and its
environmental impact today. Warning: this book actually makes tofu
exciting. It’s anything but bland.