The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen: Classic Family Recipes for Celebration and Healing

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	The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen: Classic Family Recipes for Celebration and Healing Grace Young Simon & Schuster, 1999 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 38 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Best cookbook of the year

I own over 300 cookbooks and this one has vaulted into my "top 10 of all time" due to Ms. Young's lovely balance of well-written memoir, in-depth cultural, technique & ingredient information, and wonderful, no-compromise recipes. _The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen_ ranks with the best works by Wolfert, Field, Kaspar, Thorne, etc. - books that are more than mere "cookbooks" but reveal some of the soul of the cuisine/culture in question. And did I mention that the recipes actually *work*? ;-) Thank you Ms. Young!

Excellent Philosophy, Traditions and Recipes

I feel that Grace Young have put together an excellent cook book with history of cooking recipes from her large families. Its a great reading book, with all its old traditions. She has captured all the generations, and generations of our ancestors very unique and techniques in preparations of the Chinese meal. Cooking a Chinese meal means to put in a lot of time and preparations. This brings back lots of old memories of myself helping and cooking with my mother. We learned at a very young age to mainly help prepared if not the actual cooking, which sometimes its more important than the actual cooking the meal. For this is the art of preparing that Grace Young have actually describe in her book. I aso enjoyed the selected topics of each chapter of the book, especially the one on chapter 3, "The Meaning Of Rice" is very interesting and to the point of what is important in a Chinese meal. Its a great book to have and to keep with all its philosophy, traditions and great and simple recipes that I think anyone can follow. "The Wisdon Of The Chinese Kitchen" have been very well written and put together for easy and enjoyable reading, and of course the simplicity of her recipes. Great job Grace.

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A delicious tribute to the author's Chinese heritage

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The recipes were very clear. I particularly liked the thoroughness of the definitions & explanations of ingredients for the Western cook. It makes finding the ingredients in an Asian market easy & accessible.

The author's memoirs were charming & I loved the way she spoke about her parents' honoring & celebrating the process of cooking. There is so much emphasis on speed & results in America today, we forget about honoring the processes of life.

All in all a lovely read & very refreshing.

Remembering Old Fragrances

As a third generation Chinese, this book was a wonderful treat to have in the kitchen. It's recipes and instructions were so clear and precise that one couldn't possibly make a mistake. The results were excellent. Most of my siblings have also enjoyed being my guinea pig while I experimented with the recipes from our childhood. We all enjoyed the brief intro to each of the recipes as well. Thank you Ms. Young for publishing this book that all third generations can relate to.

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Authentic Chinese "soul food"

This is the best cookbook that I have read in years! The recipes are great and the stories evoke memories of growing up with my Asian extended family. If you want to prepare dishes that feed your soul as well as your appetite, buy this book. (It's especially useful for the neophyte as it explains the ingredients in full detail.)

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