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The Food of China (Hardcover)

by Deh-Ta Hsiung (Author), Nina Simonds (Author) "AN ENORMOUS COUNTRY, WITH A LARGE POPULATION TO FEED AND A DIVERSE GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE, CHINA HAS ONE OF THE GREAT CUISINES OF THE WORLD..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Murdoch Books (1 May 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1740450329
  • ISBN-13: 978-1740450324
  • Product Dimensions: 31 x 23.6 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 747,665 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Showcases the best of food in China today, with recipes for classic and new dishes, photographed as they are made in the kitchen. The photographs and text explore real Chinese food, from picking seasonal produce in the markets to the art of dim-sum, selecting the best teas from Hangzhou, making Peking duck and creating fresh noodles.

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AN ENORMOUS COUNTRY, WITH A LARGE POPULATION TO FEED AND A DIVERSE GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE, CHINA HAS ONE OF THE GREAT CUISINES OF THE WORLD AND EATING PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN DAILY LIFE AND IN RITUALS AND FESTIVITIES. Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good overview of Chinese cookery, beautifully illustrated., 23 Jan 2002
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This is an absolutely beautiful book, which is a pleasure just to pour over. It gives a very good overview of the essentials of Chinese cookery, as well as containing mini-essays on such things as tea, banquets, dimsum, etc. It's recipes cover a wide range of Chinese regions and, for the most part, are clearly set out. My own quibbles with it (as a person who's been cooking Chinese from childhood) are that most of the recipes presuppose a knowledge of how to slice the ingredients and some have rather odd proportions. Also, there is a heavy bias towards a Cantonese cooking style, even in the dishes from other Chinese regions (speaking as a northerner myself). However, apart from these parts, the book provides a sumptious look at eating in China and is worth buying for the illustrations alone!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Authentic and practical Chinese home cooking, 14 Jun 2003
If any more practical, information-filled and enjoyable anthology of authentic Chinese home cooking exists than "The Food Of China", I have yet to discover it. Our little family group has bought three copies of this wonderful book so that it will be within easy reach at all times. My own copy soon will become the most soy sauce and sesame oil-spotted volume in my cookbook collection. If you want to know how to tuck the tastiest and neatest jiaozi, how to make home-cooking favourites like Grandma's Bean Curd, congee, tea eggs, turnip cake, or even sheng cai bao (stuffed lettuce leaves or san choy bao) and hot-sour soup, this is THE book.

Thank you authors Deh-Ta Hsiung and Nina Simonds for sharing your investigations, knowledge and obvious joy in Chinese cuisine.

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Authenticity made simple, 3 May 2002
Like most, I buy a lot of cook books but do not end up actually cooking from them. How different with this one. One trip to a Chinese supermarket to stock up on the essentials and you are off. The recipes are clear and simple but produce fantastic results. If you only try one - it has to be the Hot and Sour soup. It tastes just like the best restaurant versions I've had.

In summary - I thought I'd never write a review - but the quality of this book deserves it. Food of Italy and Food of France are equally as good, although China wins by a short head.
Steve

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