Eating lunch and recreating the universe: Food and cosmology in Hoi An, Vietnam

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Abstract

It was 11:30 am and Quynh said that lunch was ready. We all took our seats on the wooden stools by the round wooden table: Quynh and her husband Anh, his mother and sister, Irit (my spouse) and I. The food was already set on the table: a small plate with three or four small fish in a watery red sauce, seasoned with some fresh coriander leaves, a bowl of morning-glory soup (canh rau muong) boiled with a few dried shrimps, and a plate of fresh lettuce mixed with different kinds of green aromatics. There was also a bowl of...
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEveryday Life in Southeast Asia
EditorsKathleen M. Adams, Kathleen A. Gillogly
PublisherIndiana University Press
Pages218-229
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9780253001054
ISBN (Print)9780253356376, 9780253223210
StatePublished - Jun 2011

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Social Sciences

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