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A culinary reference features southern Chinese recipes, shares a comprehensive introduction to key seasonings and techniques, and offers such options as smoky eggplant with garlic, twice-cooked pork, and emergency midnight noodles.

Create nuanced, complex, authentic Chinese flavors at home by learning the cuisine’s fundamental techniques. Phoenix Claws and Jade Trees offers a unique introduction to Chinese home cooking, demystifying it by focusing on its basic cooking methods. In outlining the differences among various techniques—such as pan-frying, oil steeping, and yin-yang frying—and instructing which one is best for particular ingredients and end results, culinary...

Confucius Was A Foodie : season 1 will take you on a voyage of discovery with celebrity chef Christine Cushing. Her motivation is fueled by the discovery that she has much in common with 2500-year-old Chinese philosopher Confucius. To her surprise, it turned out the ancient Chinese scholar was actually- a foodie.

"James Beard Award winner Kevin Pang and his dad Jeffrey, hosts of the hit America's Test Kitchen series Hunger Pangs, show you the way to delicious Chinese cooking in this accessible, funny, heartfelt cookbook. From American Chinese classics (General Tso's Chicken) to Sichuan street foods (Dan Dan Mian) and Hong Kong dim sum favorites (Shu Mai), A Very Chinese Cookbook is ideal for both the Chinese food-curious and experienced cooks seeking a weekend...

"The origin stories of each Chinese dish told using the framework of Chinese cuisine-oftentimes based in folklore, both ancient and contemporary"--

"In this follow-up to Chinese Soul Food, author Hsiao-Ching Chou shares recipes for stir-fries, rice and noodle dishes, soups, braises, and pickles. And then there are the dumplings! This book wouldn't be complete without vegetarian versions of Chou's famously delicious dumplings, including soup dumplings, as well as other dim dum delights. Separate chapters feature egg and tofu recipes too." -- Back cover. "75 recipes for enjoying this cuisine...

"Your body is a temple--honor and heal it with nourishing foods. The Chinese Medicine Cookbook is your introduction to traditional Chinese food therapy--and how to prepare your daily meals to increase your health and happiness."--Back cover.

Provides popular Chinese takeout recipes for appetizers, soups, main courses, noodle and rice dishes, and desserts.

"Introduces the different culinary regions of China and presents many kinds of recipes for traditional Chinese dishes"--Provided by publisher.