Chinese Cooking

Chinese was the earliest truly global cuisine. When the first Chinese laborers began to settle abroad, restaurants appeared in their wake. Yet Chinese has the curious distinction of being both one of the world's best-loved culinary traditions and one of the least understood. For more than a century, the overwhelming dominance of a simplified form of Cantonese cooking ensured that few foreigners experienced anything of its richness and sophistication—but today that is beginning to change.

Newbery and Caldecott honoree and New York Times bestselling author Grace Lin delivers a groundbreaking, lushly illustrated, and beautifully written book that explores the whimsical myths and stories behind your favorite American Chinese food. From fried dumplings to fortune cookies, here are...

Driving home after being kicked out of college, Tucker meets and picks up the mysterious Corinne Chang at a rest stop. Infatuated, and with nothing better to do, he ends up with her in St. Louis, where he gets a job as a chef in a Chinese restaurant. Even though he’s a gwai lo—a foreign devil—his cooking skills impress the Chinese patrons of the restaurant, and his wooing skills impress Corinne when she joins him there as a waitress.

From the author of Fresh Off the Boat, now a hit ABC sitcom, comes a hilarious and fiercely original story of culture, family, love, and red-cooked pork Eddie Huang was finally happy. Sort of. He’d written a bestselling book and was the star of a TV show that took him to far-flung places...

Kitchen Chinese, Ann Mah’s funny and poignant first novel about a young Chinese-American woman who travels to Beijing to discover food, family, and herself is a delight—complete with mouth-watering descriptions of Asian culinary delicacies, from Peking duck and Mongolian hot pot to the...

From award-winning chef, author, and television personality Melissa King comes an intimate, captivating memoir about family, food, and finding her voice as a queer Chinese American chef “Melissa’s story is a powerful reminder that success comes not from fitting into someone else’s...

China is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of more than 1.4 billion. Chinese cuisine is an important part of Chinese culture. Chinese cuisine has influenced many other cuisines in Asia and beyond, with modifications made to fit the local palates. Chinese food staples such as rice, soy sauce, noodles, tea, chili oil, and tofu, and utensils such as chopsticks and the wok, can now be found worldwide. Some of the ore popular Chinese American dishes include Lo Mein Noodles, Beef with Broccoli, Fried Rice, General Tso's Chicken and Pork Dumplings. ...

Asia Food. Forever. Get your copy of the best and most unique Asian recipes from BookSumo Press! Come take a journey with us into the delights of easy cooking. The point of this cookbook and all our cookbooks is to exemplify the effortless nature of cooking simply. In this book we focus on Asia. Asian Dishes to Cook is a complete set of simple but very unique Asian recipes. You will find that even though the recipes are simple, the tastes are quite amazing. Besides recipes you will learn about the following: The History of Asian Cuisine Balancing Flavors in Asian Cooking Freshness and ...

80 Chicken Feet Recipe in This Cookbook Chicken feet are something that are thought of the part of the chicken to be thrown away or used in a Voodoo ritual. In reality, many parts of the world use chicken feet in their recipes. They use them in many rich and flavorful recipes. Farmers in the United States often send the chicken feet over seas to countries that enjoy this delicacy. However, you may be lucky enough to find them in some Asian grocery stores, farmer’s markets or other places. If you are lucky enough to find chicken feet, why not try some of these delicious recipes and enjoy! ...

For the last 100 years, Nom Wah Tea Parlor has been slinging some of the world’s greatest dim sum from New York’s Chinatown. Now owner Wilson Tang tells the story of how the restaurant came to be—and how to prepare their legendary dishes in your own home. Nom Wah Tea Parlor isn’t simply...

Welcome to the Ultimate Chinese Cookbook–100 Best Dishes! China’s culinary heritage is one of the richest and most diverse in the world, spanning thousands of years and countless regional flavors. From the spicy, bold tastes of Sichuan to the delicate and aromatic dishes of Cantonese cuisine, this cookbook brings the very best of Chinese cooking to your kitchen. Inside, you will find 100 popular dishes carefully selected to represent the breadth and depth of Chinese cuisine.

We live in an age of unprecedented flourishing of technology in medicine. So why are we experiencing such epidemic levels of pain, disease, emotional and mental stress, and just plain old poor health—and often at such uncommonly young ages? Searching to answer these questions, we turn to every...

In 1784, passengers on the ship Empress of China became the first Americans to land in China and the first to eat Chinese food. Today there are over 40,000 Chinese restaurants across the United States - by far the most plentiful among all our ethnic eateries. Now, in Chop Suey, Andrew Coe provides the authoritative history of the American infatuation with Chinese food, telling its fascinating story for the first time.

The Asian Takeout Pressure Cooker Cookbook brings together 75 Chinese- and Thai-inspired favorites designed specifically for the electric pressure cooker. From glossy beef and broccoli and sticky ribs to fragrant curries, noodle bowls, coconut dishes, and bold weeknight chicken recipes, this cookbook helps you recreate the flavors you crave with less time, less mess, and more control. Unlike cookbooks that force every dish through the pressure cycle, these recipes are built around what an electric pressure cooker actually does best. Tough cuts become tender, sauces develop deep flavor, and ...

Most people think about Chinese food as something for lunch or dinner. But it's so much more! Did you know that there are certain Chinese recipes that you can make for breakfast? What if you could cook your own Chinese food the next time you want to take a trip down to your favorite Chinese restaurant or order Chinese food delivery, and save the money that you would have spent on it? With Excel Chinese Cooking, that's a reality.

Chinese 101: Takeout Recipes Plus More. Get your copy of the best and most unique Chinese recipes from BookSumo Press! Come take a journey with us into the delights of easy cooking. The point of this cookbook and all our cookbooks is to exemplify the effortless nature of cooking simply. In this book we focus on Chinese. Chinese Recipes is a complete set of simple but very unique Chinese recipes. You will find that even though the recipes are simple, the tastes are quite amazing. Besides recipes you will learn about the following: Regional Diversity of Chinese Food Sichuan – Fiery and Bold...

‘It’s time to share a little more of my love for home cooking and the merry dance of appetite and technique that lies behind the dishes I make, to bring to the table more of the home cook that I have become.’ Following his bestselling Nights Out at Home, Jay Rayner returns to the kitchen...

The most authoritative life of Mao ever written, by the bestselling author of Wild Swans, Jung Chang and her husband, historian Jon Halliday. Based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before, and with virtually everyone...

Chinese Dinner, Done — Real Flavor from American Groceries is your weeknight playbook for real Chinese taste without takeout or special gear. Shop anywhere, cook in regular pans, and sit down to bold, balanced dishes on a busy night. Inside you’ll find clear steps, smart swaps for U.S. ingredients, pantry guides, and timing tips that keep dinner stress-free. Make mapo-style beef, ginger-scallion chicken, sesame-peanut noodles, soy-glazed broccoli, and more. If you can find it in a typical supermarket, you can cook it here. Make tonight Chinese—done.

Chinese Takeout at Home. Get your copy of the best and most unique Chinese recipes from BookSumo Press! Come take a journey with us into the delights of easy cooking. The point of this cookbook and all our cookbooks is to exemplify the effortless nature of cooking simply. In this book we focus on Chinese. Chinese Food Recipes is a complete set of simple but very unique Chinese recipes. You will find that even though the recipes are simple, the tastes are quite amazing. Besides recipes you will learn about the following: Regional Diversity of Chinese Food Sichuan – Fiery and Bold Cantonese...