Technology and Taste in East Asia: An Introduction

Eric C. Rath is Professor of History at the University of Kansas, where he teaches courses on food history and premodern Japan. A specialist in Japanese food, his books include Food and Fantasy in Early Modern Japan (University of California Press, 2010), Japan's Cuisines: Food, Place and Identity (Reaktion Books, 2016), and the forthcoming Oishii: The History of Sushi (Reaktion Books, 2021).