The Complete Chinese Cookbook

by Jillian Stewart

Other authorsPeter Barry (Photographer), Jean-Paul Paireault (Photographer)
Hardcover, 1993

Status

Available

Call number

641.5951 Ste

Collection

Publication

Tormont Publications (1993), Edition: English Language, 272 pages

Description

Chinese food is a symbol of life and good health.the main technique used to produce Chinese Food is stir frying. Chinese food incorportates six basic flavors: sweet, sour, salty, spicy pungent and hot.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Czrbr
Book Description: Montreal: Tormont Publications Inc. 1993. Hard Cover Pictorial Boards. Very Good Condition/Very Good Dust Jacket. 272 Pages 9" x 11".
LibraryThing member Auntie-Nanuuq
For me, one of the most important things about a cookbook is the presentation, as in color photographs. Does the food in the photograph look appetizing & pique my senses? If it doesn't, then I am not interested in the recipe, no matter the actual taste when made. So, saying this, the photographs in
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this book turned me off, my appetite was not aroused. The photographs had the orange/brown/yellow tint that inspires me to "Raspberries" (a.k.a. The Bronx Cheer)!

As for the recipes they include: Egg-flower soup (I have never eaten Egg-flower soup w/ tomatoes nor am I going to), Crab soup w/ ginger, Turkey (?) soup w/ black mushrooms, Steamed shrimp, Lamb w/ tomatoes, 5 spice beef w/ broccoli, Steamed chicken, Bamboo shoots w/ green vegetables, Shanghai noodles, and Singapore fish.

I can honestly say, that I have Never had tomatoes in any of the Chinese food I have ever eaten, Thai yes, Chinese no, nor have I ever seen turkey on the menu either..... Also, I have never seen MSG as an ingredient in a printed cookbook! I'm wondering if these ingredients are particular to recipes made in Britain as this is where this book originated.
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Physical description

272 p.; 10.6 inches

ISBN

2894291957 / 9782894291955
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