- Paperback: 184 pages
- Publisher: Earnshaw Books Limited (12 Jan 2012)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 9881998468
- ISBN-13: 978-9881998460
- Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 24.6 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #63 in Books > Food & Drink > National & International Cookery > Chinese
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"The book's use of propaganda posters from the period links the recipes and the politics in a wonderfully entertaining way." --Judith Shapiro, author, "Mao's War Against Nature"
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In 1969 Sasha Gong, like millions of other Chinese teenagers, was forced from her home in the city to live and work with peasants in the countrys ideas part of China's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). The work was backbreaking, rations were tight, but one part of her "re-education" she remembers fondly is how to make simple, delicious country cooking. The Cultural Revolution Cookbook is a collection of delectable, healthy and easy-to-make Chinese recipes from the villages, interspersed with personal narrative and bits of historical context. With easy to find ingredients and easy techniques, anyone can prepare these authentic Chinese dishes.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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this is a great cookery book using lots of cheap ingredients and plenty of tofu recipes also lots of vegetarian recipes.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
All the other reviews of this book are absolutely correct. This is the best Chinese cookbook ever! It (at last) revealed to me where I'd been going wrong on trying to make egg fried rice....who knew you had to add water to egg mixture before frying?...well I do now.
One to buy if cooking for friends, you can impress them with your culinary skills, the speediness of cooking and also your knowledge on China. What is not to love?!
One to buy if cooking for friends, you can impress them with your culinary skills, the speediness of cooking and also your knowledge on China. What is not to love?!
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Love this cookbook
30 Dec 2011
Format:Paperback
I absolutely love this cookbook. Not only are the recipes great, but they are not hard to make. The ingredients aren't ones that will send you running to any specialty stores, but the food is authentic. And the book itself is beautiful-there are pictures of EVERY recipe in the book, and the non-food artwork that accompanies it is amazing. The text and theme of the book are also fascinating....it really shows how the Cultural 'Revolution' affected its people through food, and the history of the authors just adds to the story.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Great recipes & an education to boot! Great present for cooks.
27 Dec 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
A present to my wife for Christmas, but - don't tell her, comrades - it was really for ME! ;) The author includes little articles in the side bar of each recipe page that give you a sense of the human story behind the Cultural Revolution in China during the late 60's to early 70's. It may sound a bit weird, but food tells a direct, more accessible history of that difficult time in China's history than just dates etc. I could easily see this incorporated into a school curriculum - maybe one of you out there could blaze that revolutionary trail? Anyway, the recipes are simple, healthy and have been a big hit with our family. This makes a great gift for the cook in your family, particularly one who you couldn't get into a Chinese restaurant if your life depended on it because they had some goofy irrational disdain for the food...uh, don't tell my wife I said THAT either, ok?!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
The Cultural Revolution Cookbook
22 Jan 2012
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This is a beautiful cookbook. The illlustrations, pictures and anecdotes make for a unique presentation of the recipes. They use ingredients easily found which relieves the stress of searching for them or trying to find a suitable substitute. The dishes I have had have been very tasty and easy to prepare. I am looking forward to many more delicious meals from this book. I have given it as a gift to several people and they also have commented on how beautiful a book it is and how easy the recipes area and how easily the ingredients can be obtained. It is a great addition to my cookbook library.
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