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Colorful Chinese dish — Courtesy @chinese_plating

An Instagram Account Captures the Breadth and Beauty of Chinese Cuisine

@chinese_plating, run by Dieter Mackenbach, offers a beautiful buffet of images of resplendent Chinese meals from the 20th century.

By Kathryn O’Shea-Evans

August 11, 2021

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Anyone whose eyes are bigger than their stomach will get a thrill out of the visually beguiling vittles on Instagram account @chinese_plating, run by Dieter Mackenbach, a Los Angeles–based researcher and educator. Most of the throwback images he posts of plated food—including produce cut into petals and shaped into exultant spring flowers, or an atoll made from a stack of crispy fried trotter tips—he captures from vintage magazines.

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