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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.
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LibraryThing member augustgarage
While others may gravitate to her region-specific cookbooks, this book, while taking a more "casual" approach on the surface, has a superior guide to ingredients and knife-skills (with plentiful, clear photos) and more carefully tested and honed recipes. While many of the dishes are the same or
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slight variants on those present in her other work, this book has made me more confident in my execution of those recipes and in my approach to improvising my own Chinese dishes and menus. Show Less
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James Beard Foundation Award (Winner — International — 2014)
NPR: Books We Love (2013)