Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food

A recommendation by Eugene Soltes, McLean Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

In such a divisive time, where it can often feel increasingly challenging to connect deeply to different cultures, food has an extraordinary capacity to unite. Dunlop’s “Invitation to a Banquet” shares a mesmerizing series of stories based on different regional Chinese dishes and their associated histories. Each time I picked up the book, I felt transported (and always a bit hungrier).