Author: Kwoklyn Wan
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN: 1787133680
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Chinese is the UK's favourite takeout food, and it's beloved all over the world – as with much Indian food, it's the nostalgic, comforting creations for western palates that really get people salivating. Now you can make your favourite Chinese restaurant classics at home with Kwoklyn Wan's fabulous Chinese Takeaway Cookbook. Kwoklyn is a third-generation Chinese chef: BBC (British-Born Chinese). He’s also the brother of TV celebrity Gok Wan and both boys grew up working in their family's Cantonese Restaurant in Leicester in the 1970s. He has spent years perfecting recipes for Chinese dishes that taste like the ones from your local takeaway kitchen or restaurant. The book features 70 classic dishes, everything from sweet and sour chicken to char siu, prawn toast to chop suey, egg-fried rice to crispy seaweed – and most of them can be on the table in 20 minutes or less. Cook up a storm at home with Kwoklyn's fabulous take on food from the takeaway.
Chinese Takeaway Cookbook
Author: Kwoklyn Wan
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN: 1787133680
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Chinese is the UK's favourite takeout food, and it's beloved all over the world – as with much Indian food, it's the nostalgic, comforting creations for western palates that really get people salivating. Now you can make your favourite Chinese restaurant classics at home with Kwoklyn Wan's fabulous Chinese Takeaway Cookbook. Kwoklyn is a third-generation Chinese chef: BBC (British-Born Chinese). He’s also the brother of TV celebrity Gok Wan and both boys grew up working in their family's Cantonese Restaurant in Leicester in the 1970s. He has spent years perfecting recipes for Chinese dishes that taste like the ones from your local takeaway kitchen or restaurant. The book features 70 classic dishes, everything from sweet and sour chicken to char siu, prawn toast to chop suey, egg-fried rice to crispy seaweed – and most of them can be on the table in 20 minutes or less. Cook up a storm at home with Kwoklyn's fabulous take on food from the takeaway.
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN: 1787133680
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Chinese is the UK's favourite takeout food, and it's beloved all over the world – as with much Indian food, it's the nostalgic, comforting creations for western palates that really get people salivating. Now you can make your favourite Chinese restaurant classics at home with Kwoklyn Wan's fabulous Chinese Takeaway Cookbook. Kwoklyn is a third-generation Chinese chef: BBC (British-Born Chinese). He’s also the brother of TV celebrity Gok Wan and both boys grew up working in their family's Cantonese Restaurant in Leicester in the 1970s. He has spent years perfecting recipes for Chinese dishes that taste like the ones from your local takeaway kitchen or restaurant. The book features 70 classic dishes, everything from sweet and sour chicken to char siu, prawn toast to chop suey, egg-fried rice to crispy seaweed – and most of them can be on the table in 20 minutes or less. Cook up a storm at home with Kwoklyn's fabulous take on food from the takeaway.
Chinese Cooking for Beginners
Author: Shuhui Huang
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780941676007
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780941676007
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
The Mission Chinese Food Cookbook
Author: Danny Bowien
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062243438
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
From rising culinary star Danny Bowien, chef and cofounder of the tremendously popular Mission Chinese Food restaurants, comes an exuberant cookbook that tells the story of an unconventional idea born in San Francisco that spread cross-country, propelled by wildly inventive recipes that have changed what it means to cook Chinese food in America Mission Chinese Food is not exactly a Chinese restaurant. It began its life as a pop-up: a restaurant nested within a divey Americanized Chinese joint in San Francisco’s Mission District. From the beginning, a spirit of resourcefulness and radical inventiveness has infused each and every dish at Mission Chinese Food. Now, hungry diners line up outside both the San Francisco and New York City locations, waiting hours for platters of Sizzling Cumin Lamb, Thrice-Cooked Bacon, Fiery Kung Pao Pastrami, and pungent Salt-Cod Fried Rice. The force behind the phenomenon, chef Danny Bowien is, at only thirty-three, the fastest-rising young chef in the United States. Born in Korea and adopted by parents in Oklahoma, he has a broad spectrum of influences. He’s a veteran of fine-dining kitchens, sushi bars, an international pesto competition, and a grocery-store burger stand. In 2013 Food & Wine named him one of the country’s Best New Chefs and the James Beard Foundation awarded him its illustrious Rising Star Chef Award. In 2011 Bon Appétit named Mission Chinese Food the second-best new restaurant in America, and in 2012 the New York Times hailed the Lower East Side outpost as the Best New Restaurant in New York City. The Mission Chinese Food Cookbook tracks the fascinating, meteoric rise of the restaurant and its chef. Each chapter in the story—from the restaurant’s early days, to an ill-fated trip to China, to the opening of the first Mission Chinese in New York—unfolds as a conversation between Danny and his collaborators, and is accompanied by detailed recipes for the addictive dishes that have earned the restaurant global praise. Mission Chinese’s legions of fans as well as home cooks of all levels will rethink what it means to cook Chinese food, while getting a look into the background and insights of one of the most creative young chefs today.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062243438
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
From rising culinary star Danny Bowien, chef and cofounder of the tremendously popular Mission Chinese Food restaurants, comes an exuberant cookbook that tells the story of an unconventional idea born in San Francisco that spread cross-country, propelled by wildly inventive recipes that have changed what it means to cook Chinese food in America Mission Chinese Food is not exactly a Chinese restaurant. It began its life as a pop-up: a restaurant nested within a divey Americanized Chinese joint in San Francisco’s Mission District. From the beginning, a spirit of resourcefulness and radical inventiveness has infused each and every dish at Mission Chinese Food. Now, hungry diners line up outside both the San Francisco and New York City locations, waiting hours for platters of Sizzling Cumin Lamb, Thrice-Cooked Bacon, Fiery Kung Pao Pastrami, and pungent Salt-Cod Fried Rice. The force behind the phenomenon, chef Danny Bowien is, at only thirty-three, the fastest-rising young chef in the United States. Born in Korea and adopted by parents in Oklahoma, he has a broad spectrum of influences. He’s a veteran of fine-dining kitchens, sushi bars, an international pesto competition, and a grocery-store burger stand. In 2013 Food & Wine named him one of the country’s Best New Chefs and the James Beard Foundation awarded him its illustrious Rising Star Chef Award. In 2011 Bon Appétit named Mission Chinese Food the second-best new restaurant in America, and in 2012 the New York Times hailed the Lower East Side outpost as the Best New Restaurant in New York City. The Mission Chinese Food Cookbook tracks the fascinating, meteoric rise of the restaurant and its chef. Each chapter in the story—from the restaurant’s early days, to an ill-fated trip to China, to the opening of the first Mission Chinese in New York—unfolds as a conversation between Danny and his collaborators, and is accompanied by detailed recipes for the addictive dishes that have earned the restaurant global praise. Mission Chinese’s legions of fans as well as home cooks of all levels will rethink what it means to cook Chinese food, while getting a look into the background and insights of one of the most creative young chefs today.
Easy Chinese Recipes
Author: Bee Yinn Low
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462906281
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
Cook all your favorite Chinese dishes at home with this easy-to-follow Chinese cookbook! Growing up in a Chinese household in Malaysia where cuisine and culture were inseparable, Bee Yinn Low developed a deep love and appreciation for food. Her early memories of helping her mother prepare steamy and fragrant Chinese meals solidified into a way of life for Bee as a working woman in Southern California. A love of Chinese food didn't translate well to a modern Western lifestyle due to time and ingredient constraints. Rather than give up her favorite foods, Bee experimented with recreating the unforgettable flavors of her youth with her limited time and using ingredients found in local supermarkets. She managed to develop versions of her favorite Chinese dishes that had all the taste--but were a lot less work! In Easy Chinese Recipes, Bee shares her passion and expertise in Chinese cooking. It features a collection of Bee's all-time favorite dishes--the foods she loves to cook and eat at home. She includes updated traditional family recipes along with her own versions of the best Chinese restaurant dishes from around Asia. Favorite Chinese recipes include: Crispy Shrimp Dumplings Kung Pao Chicken Sweet-and-Sour Pork Homestyle Chow Mein Noodles Mongolian Beef And many more… Building off her passion, expertise and the avid following she has on her website, rasamalaysia.com, the Internet's most popular Asian food and cooking site, Easy Chinese Recipes is sure to become the go-to book for cooks interested in creating Chinese meals at home.
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462906281
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
Cook all your favorite Chinese dishes at home with this easy-to-follow Chinese cookbook! Growing up in a Chinese household in Malaysia where cuisine and culture were inseparable, Bee Yinn Low developed a deep love and appreciation for food. Her early memories of helping her mother prepare steamy and fragrant Chinese meals solidified into a way of life for Bee as a working woman in Southern California. A love of Chinese food didn't translate well to a modern Western lifestyle due to time and ingredient constraints. Rather than give up her favorite foods, Bee experimented with recreating the unforgettable flavors of her youth with her limited time and using ingredients found in local supermarkets. She managed to develop versions of her favorite Chinese dishes that had all the taste--but were a lot less work! In Easy Chinese Recipes, Bee shares her passion and expertise in Chinese cooking. It features a collection of Bee's all-time favorite dishes--the foods she loves to cook and eat at home. She includes updated traditional family recipes along with her own versions of the best Chinese restaurant dishes from around Asia. Favorite Chinese recipes include: Crispy Shrimp Dumplings Kung Pao Chicken Sweet-and-Sour Pork Homestyle Chow Mein Noodles Mongolian Beef And many more… Building off her passion, expertise and the avid following she has on her website, rasamalaysia.com, the Internet's most popular Asian food and cooking site, Easy Chinese Recipes is sure to become the go-to book for cooks interested in creating Chinese meals at home.
Mooncakes and Milk Bread
Author: Kristina Cho
Publisher: Harper Celebrate
ISBN: 0785239006
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
2022 JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • Baking and Desserts 2022 JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • Emerging Voice, Books ONE OF THE TEN BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker Magazine, The New York Times ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time Out, Glamour, Taste of Home Food blogger Kristina Cho (eatchofood.com) introduces you to Chinese bakery cooking with fresh, simple interpretations of classic recipes for the modern baker. Inside, you’ll find sweet and savory baked buns, steamed buns, Chinese breads, unique cookies, whimsical cakes, juicy dumplings, Chinese breakfast dishes, and drinks. Recipes for steamed BBQ pork buns, pineapple buns with a thick slice of butter, silky smooth milk tea, and chocolate Swiss rolls all make an appearance--because a book about Chinese bakeries wouldn’t be complete without them In Mooncakes & Milk Bread, Kristina teaches you to whip up these delicacies like a pro, including how to: Knead dough without a stand mixer Avoid collapsed steamed buns Infuse creams and custards with aromatic tea flavors Mix the most workable dumpling dough Pleat dumplings like an Asian grandma This is the first book to exclusively focus on Chinese bakeries and cafés, but it isn’t just for those nostalgic for Chinese bakeshop foods--it’s for all home bakers who want exciting new recipes to add to their repertoires.
Publisher: Harper Celebrate
ISBN: 0785239006
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
2022 JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • Baking and Desserts 2022 JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • Emerging Voice, Books ONE OF THE TEN BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker Magazine, The New York Times ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time Out, Glamour, Taste of Home Food blogger Kristina Cho (eatchofood.com) introduces you to Chinese bakery cooking with fresh, simple interpretations of classic recipes for the modern baker. Inside, you’ll find sweet and savory baked buns, steamed buns, Chinese breads, unique cookies, whimsical cakes, juicy dumplings, Chinese breakfast dishes, and drinks. Recipes for steamed BBQ pork buns, pineapple buns with a thick slice of butter, silky smooth milk tea, and chocolate Swiss rolls all make an appearance--because a book about Chinese bakeries wouldn’t be complete without them In Mooncakes & Milk Bread, Kristina teaches you to whip up these delicacies like a pro, including how to: Knead dough without a stand mixer Avoid collapsed steamed buns Infuse creams and custards with aromatic tea flavors Mix the most workable dumpling dough Pleat dumplings like an Asian grandma This is the first book to exclusively focus on Chinese bakeries and cafés, but it isn’t just for those nostalgic for Chinese bakeshop foods--it’s for all home bakers who want exciting new recipes to add to their repertoires.
Simple Chinese Cooking
Author: Kylie Kwong
Publisher: Lantern
ISBN: 9781921382635
Category : Cooking, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Cooking Chinese food at home has never been easier - all you need is this book, a wok and a quick trip to the supermarket. Kylie Kwong's philosophy is to use the freshest produce and cook it simply to make the most of the clean flavours. All the necessary ingredients are available at your supermarket and Kylie's recipes are friendly and straightforward. In no time, you'll be cooking everyday favourites like soy sauce chicken and sung choi bau on weeknights and fresh-tasting button mushroom salad and prawn wonton soup for weekend occasions. Enhanced by Earl Carter's inspiring photographs of all the finished dishes, and with step-by-step pictures to guide you through their preparation, Simple Chinese Cooking will never be far from your kitchen.
Publisher: Lantern
ISBN: 9781921382635
Category : Cooking, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Cooking Chinese food at home has never been easier - all you need is this book, a wok and a quick trip to the supermarket. Kylie Kwong's philosophy is to use the freshest produce and cook it simply to make the most of the clean flavours. All the necessary ingredients are available at your supermarket and Kylie's recipes are friendly and straightforward. In no time, you'll be cooking everyday favourites like soy sauce chicken and sung choi bau on weeknights and fresh-tasting button mushroom salad and prawn wonton soup for weekend occasions. Enhanced by Earl Carter's inspiring photographs of all the finished dishes, and with step-by-step pictures to guide you through their preparation, Simple Chinese Cooking will never be far from your kitchen.
Chinese Cooking
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781572153073
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
An illustrated basic Chinese cookbook plus several special features.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781572153073
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
An illustrated basic Chinese cookbook plus several special features.
International Cookbook For Beginners
Author: Adele Tyler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Are you looking for an international cookbook for easy recipes from multiple countries?In this 5 books in 1 edition, Adele Tyler collects more than 500 recipes for beginners from Mexican, Thai, Chinese, Japanese and Indian traditions In the first book, Mexican food for beginners, Adele Tyler will teach you: How to prepare Mexican food How to get the right ingredients for amazing Mexican recipes Over 100 recipes cookbook for homemade Mexican food Recipes cookbook for breakfast, lunch, dinner and large parties Vegetarian Mexican meal prep cookbook All the best known recipes such as beef enchiladas, tamales, fish tacos, quesadillas, queso fundito, stuffed jalapeños and gorditas In the second book, Indian Home Cooking, you will learn: History of Indian food and its evolution during the last century Over 100 cookbook recipes for traditional and modern Indian dishes Vegetarian Indian recipes for responsible food consumption Meal ideas for lunch, dinner, snacks and mode with a spicy twist and real Indian flavors In the third book, Japanese Cookbook for Beginners, you will learn everything you need to know about Japanese food. In Japanese Home Cooking you will learn: History of Japanese food How to cook Japanese food at home How to prepare sushi at home How to slice a perfect sashimi or fry a crunchy tempura Comfort food: ramen and more Bento and bowls Over 100 recipes to impress your friends and family In Thai Cookbook for beginners you will learn: How to cook Thai dishes Over 100 recipes for cooking Thai dishes tot perfection Chapters dedicated to vegetarian Thai food recipes How to prepare the most famous Thai dishes such as coconut milk soup, khao man gai (chicken rice), tom yam (hot and sour broth soup) and thai papaya salad In Chinese Home Cooking you will learn: Brief history of Chinese food and its evolution during the last century Over 100 recipes for modern and classic Chinese dishes A chapter dedicated to Chinese vegetarian meal prep Tips to dose spices in the right way and tricks with ingredients you might not know yet If you are looking for a cookbook to prepare amazing dishes with Asian flavors and perfect balance between sweet, sour and spicy, this cookbook is for you. Scroll up, click on buy it now and get your copy today!
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Are you looking for an international cookbook for easy recipes from multiple countries?In this 5 books in 1 edition, Adele Tyler collects more than 500 recipes for beginners from Mexican, Thai, Chinese, Japanese and Indian traditions In the first book, Mexican food for beginners, Adele Tyler will teach you: How to prepare Mexican food How to get the right ingredients for amazing Mexican recipes Over 100 recipes cookbook for homemade Mexican food Recipes cookbook for breakfast, lunch, dinner and large parties Vegetarian Mexican meal prep cookbook All the best known recipes such as beef enchiladas, tamales, fish tacos, quesadillas, queso fundito, stuffed jalapeños and gorditas In the second book, Indian Home Cooking, you will learn: History of Indian food and its evolution during the last century Over 100 cookbook recipes for traditional and modern Indian dishes Vegetarian Indian recipes for responsible food consumption Meal ideas for lunch, dinner, snacks and mode with a spicy twist and real Indian flavors In the third book, Japanese Cookbook for Beginners, you will learn everything you need to know about Japanese food. In Japanese Home Cooking you will learn: History of Japanese food How to cook Japanese food at home How to prepare sushi at home How to slice a perfect sashimi or fry a crunchy tempura Comfort food: ramen and more Bento and bowls Over 100 recipes to impress your friends and family In Thai Cookbook for beginners you will learn: How to cook Thai dishes Over 100 recipes for cooking Thai dishes tot perfection Chapters dedicated to vegetarian Thai food recipes How to prepare the most famous Thai dishes such as coconut milk soup, khao man gai (chicken rice), tom yam (hot and sour broth soup) and thai papaya salad In Chinese Home Cooking you will learn: Brief history of Chinese food and its evolution during the last century Over 100 recipes for modern and classic Chinese dishes A chapter dedicated to Chinese vegetarian meal prep Tips to dose spices in the right way and tricks with ingredients you might not know yet If you are looking for a cookbook to prepare amazing dishes with Asian flavors and perfect balance between sweet, sour and spicy, this cookbook is for you. Scroll up, click on buy it now and get your copy today!
Healthy Wok Chinese Cookbook for Beginners
Author: Lim Chou
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Do you want to make easy, healthy Chinese food? Go for a wok.It's time to toss the takeout menu and start stir-frying like a seasoned master chef. In the time it takes to call for takeout, you could make a delicious Chinese dinner at home! You do not have to train at a culinary art school to learn how to cook delicious Asian wok dishes. In fact, all you actually need to do is to gather up your ingredients, prepare them in advance, and fire up that wok so you can stir-fry them to perfection. Now you can capture the flavors of Chinatown in your own kitchen. This Chinese cookbook makes it quick and easy to prepare Chinese takeout favorites at home with beginner-friendly recipes that anyone can master. From appetizers to desserts and everything in between, learn how to make classics like Appetizers and Dim Sum Favorites, Hot and Sour Soup, Orange Chicken, Kung Pao Beef, Shrimp Lo Mein, and Sweet Egg Custard Dessert. These step-by-step recipes use simple, affordable, everyday ingredients you can find at most grocery stores and don't require lengthy prep work or complicated cooking techniques. Welcome to your new Asian-inspired cooking adventure!Here are some of the kind of recipes you'll find in Healthy Wok Chinese Cookbook for Beginners: Dumplings and egg rolls Chinese soups Vegetables, tofu, and eggs Pork, beef, and lamb recipes Noodles and rice Chicken and duck dishes The most delicious fish and seafood recipes 100 best Asian recipes to impress your friends and family. Skip the takeout and enjoy quick, healthy Chinese food with Healthy Wok Chinese Cookbook for Beginners. So, if you've got a wok in the kitchen, all you have to do is start! Download your copy today!Scroll up and click the "BUY NOW" buttonCHOOSE which one you like more! The Book is Available in 3 Editions: Kindle Paperback - Full Color Paperback - Black & White
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Do you want to make easy, healthy Chinese food? Go for a wok.It's time to toss the takeout menu and start stir-frying like a seasoned master chef. In the time it takes to call for takeout, you could make a delicious Chinese dinner at home! You do not have to train at a culinary art school to learn how to cook delicious Asian wok dishes. In fact, all you actually need to do is to gather up your ingredients, prepare them in advance, and fire up that wok so you can stir-fry them to perfection. Now you can capture the flavors of Chinatown in your own kitchen. This Chinese cookbook makes it quick and easy to prepare Chinese takeout favorites at home with beginner-friendly recipes that anyone can master. From appetizers to desserts and everything in between, learn how to make classics like Appetizers and Dim Sum Favorites, Hot and Sour Soup, Orange Chicken, Kung Pao Beef, Shrimp Lo Mein, and Sweet Egg Custard Dessert. These step-by-step recipes use simple, affordable, everyday ingredients you can find at most grocery stores and don't require lengthy prep work or complicated cooking techniques. Welcome to your new Asian-inspired cooking adventure!Here are some of the kind of recipes you'll find in Healthy Wok Chinese Cookbook for Beginners: Dumplings and egg rolls Chinese soups Vegetables, tofu, and eggs Pork, beef, and lamb recipes Noodles and rice Chicken and duck dishes The most delicious fish and seafood recipes 100 best Asian recipes to impress your friends and family. Skip the takeout and enjoy quick, healthy Chinese food with Healthy Wok Chinese Cookbook for Beginners. So, if you've got a wok in the kitchen, all you have to do is start! Download your copy today!Scroll up and click the "BUY NOW" buttonCHOOSE which one you like more! The Book is Available in 3 Editions: Kindle Paperback - Full Color Paperback - Black & White
My Shanghai
Author: Betty Liu
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062854747
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 699
Book Description
One of the Best Cookbooks of 2021 by the New York Times Experience the sublime beauty and flavor of one of the oldest and most delicious cuisines on earth: the food of Shanghai, China’s most exciting city, in this evocative, colorful gastronomic tour that features 100 recipes, stories, and more than 150 spectacular color photographs. Filled with galleries, museums, and gleaming skyscrapers, Shanghai is a modern metropolis and the world’s largest city proper, the home to twenty-four million inhabitants and host to eight million visitors a year. “China’s crown jewel” (Vogue), Shanghai is an up-and-coming food destination, filled with restaurants that specialize in international cuisines, fusion dishes, and chefs on the verge of the next big thing. It is also home to some of the oldest and most flavorful cooking on the planet. Betty Liu, whose family has deep roots in Shanghai and grew up eating homestyle Shanghainese food, provides an enchanting and intimate look at this city and its abundant cuisine. In this sumptuous book, part cookbook, part travelogue, part cultural study, she cuts to the heart of what makes Chinese food Chinese—the people, their stories, and their family traditions. Organized by season, My Shanghai takes us through a year in the Shanghai culinary calendar, with flavorful recipes that go beyond the standard, well-known fare, and stories that illuminate diverse communities and their food rituals. Chinese food is rarely associated with seasonality. Yet as Liu reveals, the way the Shanghainese interact with the seasons is the essence of their cooking: what is on a dinner table is dictated by what is available in the surrounding waters and fields. Live seafood, fresh meat, and ripe vegetables and fruits are used in harmony with spices to create a variety of refined dishes all through the year. My Shanghai allows everyone to enjoy the homestyle food Chinese people have eaten for centuries, in the context of how we cook today. Liu demystifies Chinese cuisine for home cooks, providing recipes for family favorites that have been passed down through generations as well as authentic street food: her mother’s lion’s head meatballs, mung bean soup, and weekday stir-fries; her father-in-law’s pride and joy, the Nanjing salted duck; the classic red-braised pork belly (as well as a riff to turn them into gua bao!); and core basics like high stock, wontons, and fried rice. In My Shanghai, there is something for everyone—beloved noodle and dumpling dishes, as well as surprisingly light fare. Though they harken back centuries, the dishes in this outstanding book are thoroughly modern—fresh and vibrant, sophisticated yet understated, and all bursting with complex flavors that will please even the most discriminating or adventurous palate.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062854747
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 699
Book Description
One of the Best Cookbooks of 2021 by the New York Times Experience the sublime beauty and flavor of one of the oldest and most delicious cuisines on earth: the food of Shanghai, China’s most exciting city, in this evocative, colorful gastronomic tour that features 100 recipes, stories, and more than 150 spectacular color photographs. Filled with galleries, museums, and gleaming skyscrapers, Shanghai is a modern metropolis and the world’s largest city proper, the home to twenty-four million inhabitants and host to eight million visitors a year. “China’s crown jewel” (Vogue), Shanghai is an up-and-coming food destination, filled with restaurants that specialize in international cuisines, fusion dishes, and chefs on the verge of the next big thing. It is also home to some of the oldest and most flavorful cooking on the planet. Betty Liu, whose family has deep roots in Shanghai and grew up eating homestyle Shanghainese food, provides an enchanting and intimate look at this city and its abundant cuisine. In this sumptuous book, part cookbook, part travelogue, part cultural study, she cuts to the heart of what makes Chinese food Chinese—the people, their stories, and their family traditions. Organized by season, My Shanghai takes us through a year in the Shanghai culinary calendar, with flavorful recipes that go beyond the standard, well-known fare, and stories that illuminate diverse communities and their food rituals. Chinese food is rarely associated with seasonality. Yet as Liu reveals, the way the Shanghainese interact with the seasons is the essence of their cooking: what is on a dinner table is dictated by what is available in the surrounding waters and fields. Live seafood, fresh meat, and ripe vegetables and fruits are used in harmony with spices to create a variety of refined dishes all through the year. My Shanghai allows everyone to enjoy the homestyle food Chinese people have eaten for centuries, in the context of how we cook today. Liu demystifies Chinese cuisine for home cooks, providing recipes for family favorites that have been passed down through generations as well as authentic street food: her mother’s lion’s head meatballs, mung bean soup, and weekday stir-fries; her father-in-law’s pride and joy, the Nanjing salted duck; the classic red-braised pork belly (as well as a riff to turn them into gua bao!); and core basics like high stock, wontons, and fried rice. In My Shanghai, there is something for everyone—beloved noodle and dumpling dishes, as well as surprisingly light fare. Though they harken back centuries, the dishes in this outstanding book are thoroughly modern—fresh and vibrant, sophisticated yet understated, and all bursting with complex flavors that will please even the most discriminating or adventurous palate.