# Chinese Cuisine

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Category: Cuisine
Slides: 30
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:17:45.843Z
Tags: cuisine, chinese

## Summary

Chinese cooking is the longest continuous food tradition on earth. It has fed the largest population, generated the most regional variation, and produced the most-imitated cooking technique (the wok-fried stir-fry) of any kitchen in human history. Key sections include: Chinese cuisine.; Opening 食 Why this cuisine.; Chapter I 菜 What "Chinese food" is.; Chapter II 鑊 The wok.; Chapter III 川 Sichuan.; Chapter IV 粤 Cantonese.; Chapter V 點心 Dim sum.; Chapter VI 面 Noodles.; Chapter VII 沪 Shanghainese.; Chapter VIII 京 Beijing and the imperial table..

## Slide Outline

1. Chinese cuisine.
2. Opening 食 Why this cuisine.
3. Chapter I 菜 What "Chinese food" is.
4. Chapter II 鑊 The wok.
5. Chapter III 川 Sichuan.
6. Chapter IV 粤 Cantonese.
7. Chapter V 點心 Dim sum.
8. Chapter VI 面 Noodles.
9. Chapter VII 沪 Shanghainese.
10. Chapter VIII 京 Beijing and the imperial table.
11. Chapter IX 麦 The wheat north.
12. Chapter X 茶 Tea.
13. Chapter XI 五味 The five flavours.
14. Chapter XII 史 The historical span.
15. Chapter XIII 素 Buddhist vegetarian.
16. Chapter XIV 港 Hong Kong.
17. Chapter XV 海 The diaspora kitchen.
18. Chapter XVI 译 Fuchsia Dunlop.
19. Chapter XVII 新 The 21st-century revival.
20. Chapter XVIII 宴 The banquet.
21. Chapter XIX 器 The home pantry.
22. Chapter XX 難 What's hard about Chinese cooking.
23. Chapter XXI 甜 Sweet.
24. Chapter XXII 論 What this cuisine teaches.
25. Chapter XXIII 書 Twenty-six works.
26. Chapter XXIV 觀 Watch & read.
27. Chapter XXV 始 If you want to start.
28. Chapter XXVI 將 The next decade.
29. Chapter XXVII 尾 One last meal.
30. The end of the deck.

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