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...very obvious. You can't understand Chineseculture--you can't understand any culture--withoutknowing about food patterns, etiquette, systems.There are certain cultures where food isparamount, like in Italy, France and in China. TheChinese are absolutely preoccupied with food. In aplace like China you learn very early that it'salmost more important to know how to behaveproperly, that you know the etiquette. when you goto a banquet, you have to learn never to sit downanywhere until they force you into a seat, becauseof the hierarchical arrangement of positioning ofguests. I made a lot of mistakes early on that Ifeel horrible when...

Author: By David J. Kressel, | Title: Eat, Drink, James, Watson | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

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