Modern Chinese FoodwaysBy: Series: Food, Health, and the Environment An edited collection that explores the multifaceted experiences of Chinese culinary modernity both within and outside of mainland China from the mid 19th century to present. Modern Chinese Foodways defines some of the major processes by which Chinese food and foodways have become modern, with a focus on the period from the mid nineteenth to the twenty first century. The editors, Jia Chen Fu, Michelle T.