"A banquet of faith : Jesuit missionaries, Chinese Catholic converts, and food practices in pre-modern China" / Antonio De Caro and Zhenxu Fan

Published in the Journal of Jesuit Studies

Abstract:
Food-related encounters represented an important convivial and cross-cultural component in the Jesuit-led Catholic missions in China. By adopting a longue durée perspective from the end of the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century, this article engages with both visual and textual sources related to Sino-European culinary encounters in the context of the Jesuit missions in China. These encounters offer valuable insights into the daily activities of Jesuit missionaries and their interlocutors, including Chinese literati, converts, and non-Christian individuals. This article examines several case studies, ranging from early modern accounts of Chinese food practices to nineteenth-century Catholic texts and primers for children published in Shanghai, providing examples of the relevance of food practices. It also considers the broader significance of culinary practices for Catholic missionaries from different orders in China.

Wei ran Ouluoba : Zhongguo yinshi wenhua zai Xifang (1500-1700) 味染歐羅巴：中國飲食文化在西方 (1500-1700)  = Aromatizing European tables : Chinese food culture in the West (1500-1700) / Zhou Hongcheng 周鴻承

 "飲食文化交流，是中西文明交流互鑒的重要內容。古今往來，許多西方使節、傳教士、商人、學者赴華，帶來異域飲食，同時也將大量中華飲食文化信息通過海、陸絲綢之路傳回歐洲。歐洲社會對中國飲食的了解由古代的想象傳說，逐漸清晰、完整，變成系統性的知識，最終在18世紀掀起了以中國飲食文化為代表的“中國熱”。

本書利用歐洲有關漢學著述、商業情報、傳教書信等資料，輔以90余幅珍貴館藏圖片，從古代歐洲的中國飲食想象傳說、大航海時代的片段式認知、早期來華傳教士的親歷見聞、17世紀歐洲的科學研究，以及18世紀歐洲的“中國熱”等方面，講述中國飲食文化是如何通過海上絲綢之路傳播到西方以及在西方知識系統中產生了怎樣的中國影響，西方社會不同群體又是如何看待中國飲食文化。" Vendor's description.

Yinshi zhiliao zhinan 飲食治療指南 / Dou Guoxiang 竇國祥, ed.