Have bought copies for everyone I know who would like to cook Chinese
This is a beautiful and touching cookbook. The authors realized in midlife that their Aunties, Parents, and Grandparents were passing on and that they, the next generation, were ill-equipped to pass on the traditions and share the skills of making the food they remembered from when they were growing up. So they set about remedying the situation by cooking with their relatives until they could recreate the recipes and understand the philosophy behind much of the food that has meaning to them.
I am not Chinese, but I grew up in a Chinese area of San Francisco and so have many of the same fondnesses for Chinese cooking, and this book is the first one I have found (and I have MANY Chinese cookbooks!) that has a Tomato Beef Chow Main recipe (and an excellent one, I might add - exactly what I remember from the local restaurants I ate at as a kid).
If you have ever tried to make wontons and failed, try this book. If you enjoy cookbooks which combine short, personal stories with the recipes to give the recipes a context and a meaning, then buy this book.
The illustrations add so much to the amazing recipes, too. This makes an excellent gift for anyone missing Chinese home cooking, or for anyone who has a weakness for dim sum.
The authors also have a book on cooking dim sum which is excellent as well. I prefer this one mostly because I prefer cooking meals to dim sum type foods and because I have such fond memories of so many of these foods, but I found both books easy to follow and both have produced truly excellent results on the first tries.
HIGHLY Recommended.
Just like the food my Grandpa used to cook
The best Chinese cookobook bar none. Easy to follow recipes. Taste like the stuff my grandfather used to cook.
This book rocks!
Great little stories but the REAL gems are the recipes. Not only do they work, they also deliver in the flavor department!I've been looking for a good char sui pork recipe since I was a teen. I've tried a bunch and I've been burned by them all, except the recipe in this book. Fabulous (and it freezes well too!) Great book.
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