China: The Cookbook

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Start loading up your cookbook library because Chinese cooking can be a lifetime pursuit, filled with delicious dishes, noodles, dim sum, and dumplings! My husband took us to London for a long weekend to celebrate our silver wedding anniversary,he’d planned everything for us and topped it off with a trip to the theatre to see Phantom of the Opera,a musical that I had longed to see for over 20years!

China: The Cookbook by Kei Lum Chan, Diora Fong Chan

Although not strictly focused on Chinese cuisine, Australian-born Hetty McKinnon’s collection of stories and recipes is a beautiful love letter to Asia. It also doesn't explain much in terms of cooking techniques, regional cuisines, menu theory, or flavor combination aesthetics. And while his dishes focus on the cuisine of the Xiang River region, he by no means limits himself in the restaurant or his stellar cookbook. They can be fiddly and tricky to get right, but once you do, it’s highly rewarding – and this cookbook is perfect for helping you achieve dumpling nirvana.Part Two of the book deals with The Art of Celebration and includes recipes for special occasions such as Shark Fin Soup and West Lake Duck. You’ll be in the company of fellow solo travellers to share the journey and capture magical memories, and all places are offered on a single occupancy basis, so you’ll have your own room to retreat to at the end of a busy day. On your voyage, you will receive the warmest of welcomes from the Ambassadorcommunity as you sail upon the friendliest ships afloat. This is an excellent example of the best traditional Chinese cookbooks as it demonstrates to home cooks how they can deliver traditional Sichuan food from their kitchen. He does include some non-Chinese recipes, such as Thai tom yum soup and Vietnamese fried spring rolls, but these dishes are often found in Chinese takeaways across the UK.

China: The Cookbook by Kei Lum Chan | Goodreads

Through this book, more and more people will enjoy Chine cuisine and get to know the culture behind the food. This vegan cookbook focuses on healthy yet delicious meals that use fresh fruit and vegetables to create traditional dishes from all over China, Japan and beyond. She explores the flavours of her childhood growing up in a Chinese household, juxtaposed with her experience of being a third-culture kid – those who are raised in one culture while living in a significantly different environment throughout their childhood. Even if you can’t find a specific ingredient in Sainsbury’s or Morrisons, the number of online Asian grocers that have popped up to fill the gap is nothing short of a miracle for home cooks.As well as being a definitive reference book, China: The Cookbook is intended as a manual for the home cook. Or for people who have already mastered a lot of the mainstream cookbooks about China and are looking to add greater diversity to their repertoire. My mom used to make these when I was a child, her version did not have the sweet preserved turnips, I think it was a worthy addition as it added some textural difference.