Asian Cooking

Every Grain of Rice: A Taste of Our Chinese Childhood in America

Fried Green Tomatoes with Flank Steak. Pan-Fried Prawns in Ketchup Sauce. “Stand Back” Chicken. Turkey Jook. Sticky Rice with Sausage and Taro Root. These are the foods that say “family” and “home” to Ellen Blonder and Annabel Low. In Every Grain of Rice they have collected more than 120 outstanding recipes for the delicious homestyle and special occasion …

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Chicken and Rice: Fresh and Easy Southeast Asian Recipes From a London Kitchen

Shu Han Lee moved to London from Singapore as a student. Homesick and hungry, she started teaching herself to cook the food she’d grown up with—Singaporean and Malaysian dishes, with a strong Chinese influence from her Hokkien Chinese mother. These recipes, from her mother’s Sesame Oil Chicken to Ox Cheek and Venison Rendang, are ones you will want …

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Martin Yan’s China

The world’s foremost expert on Chinese cooking is back with a brand-new cookbook to whet the appetite of anyone who’s ever picked up a pair of chopsticks. As the companion volume to the PBS series, Martin Yan’s China brings the ancient country’s beauty to the table with gorgeous dishes, breathtaking photographs, and fascinating information about the food, history, …

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Canton Flair: Recipes Design, Traditions & Culture Made in China

Far from the industrial cliché and the highly urbanized city of Guangzhou is another view of this historical city. One without complexity, simple and authentic. Chef Nicolas Vienne and his wife Donia Belhacene have spent the last two years exploring its culinary wonders through its products, natural resources and culture. As a talented and committed chef and his …

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The Healing Cuisine of China: 300 Recipes for Vibrant Health and Longevity

A comprehensive guide to the Chinese art of healing with food • Provides more than 300 authentic Chinese recipes for curing specific ailments and for promoting happiness and vitality • Explains the theories behind traditional Chinese beliefs about health and diet and reconciles these beliefs with contemporary Western medical knowledge • Includes a complete fitness program centered on …

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Cooking South of the Clouds: Recipes and Stories from China’s Yunnan Province

Yunnan is the other China, the one you do not hear about on the news. It has been called the China “beyond the Great Wall.” Twenty-four of the country’s minority groups call Yunnan home, each retaining their own traditions. Stretching from the Himalayan plateau down to the subtropics, Yunnan encompasses extremes from alpine meadows to rainforest. It is …

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Helen’s Asian Kitchen: Easy Chinese Stir-Fries

“When I was growing up, my mother did all of the cooking at home and the variety was endless. But it was her everyday Chinese home cooking that I remember best—the often-revisited stir-fry dishes that are simple, easy, delicious, and part of the culinary repertoire of most Chinese families. I hope you will enjoy this collection of some …

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The Food of China (The Food of Series)

This book is a celebration of one of the world’s greatest cuisines. It takes readers on a journey from the Peking duck restaurants of Beijing to the kitchens of Shanghai, the tea gardens of Hangzhou and the dim sum chefs of Hong Kong, and reveals the food that defines today’s Chinese cooking — from the tastiest barbecued …

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Korean Cooking

Korean cuisine is today’s new “it” food, and Korean Cooking is the perfect introduction to making it at home. With a tantalizing balance of tastes and textures and the satisfying crunch of pickled and fermented vegetables, Korean dishes deliver incredible variety to every meal—and its emphasis on vegetables and grains makes these dishes as healthy as they are …

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