Gloria Bley Miller, the author of “Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook” has conducted an extensive research on Chinese eating customs. The result of her work is clear - vast variety of dishes can be prepared from the similar ingredients. However, another “vital” ingredient should not be excluded – the importance of proper degustation and eating. As Andrew Zimmern, American writer and chef once stated: “Try new things, meet new people, and look beyond what’s right in front of you”. The process of getting together for the meal provides variety of social and unity benefits; and this is especially important for the United States of America where diversity factor is present, and opinions differ.
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