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15 of 16 found the following review helpful:
The Principia Mathematica of Chinese Cookbooks May 25, 1999
By Arban
This is an outstanding book. It far outstrips every other Chinese cookbook, including some very good ones by Irene Kuo, Ellen Schrecker, and others. I've been cooking out of it for 20 years. Every recipe I've tried (and I've tried most of them) turns out extraordinary food. Don't bother with the other books. Get this one, if you can find it! The publisher who let this go out of print should be strung up by his thumbs. The world deserves better! A billion stars!
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Great core chinese cookery book. Lots and lots of recipes. Jun 10, 1997
I have the old version of this text, which was
published in 72. I was browsing through cook books at the store and noticed that I had seen all the recipes before and then I realized it was the same book, only a newer cover.
This has been my bible of chinese cooking. The book is very thorough and easy to understand.
It has all the well known chinese recipes
and a description of cooking techniques, such as the proper ways to carve and present meat. All recipes are categorized by
their main ingredient (pork, chicken, beef,
seafood, ect. . ) with a chapter on deserts.
My only qualm with this book is it doesn't provide
the chinese name for many recipes. This might
be because they have been generalize for a
western audience and the chinese names no longer
apply, but I'd like to think that
they are authentic originals from traditional dishes.
If you only own one chinese cooking book, this is
the one to have. Maybe that is why the title
is "THE Chinese Cook Book".
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
A cookbook to be listed in one's will Jul 14, 1998
I have the '72 edition as well, bought new then, and turned to it again just last night. I agree with mbrown's description of the recipes by category and don't wish to be redundent. What charmed me and Chinese shopkeepers was being able to point to the Chinese characters of various ingredients in the glossary. They were then able to quickly find just what I needed. The recipes are organized, easy to follow, and consistently tasty. I love Chinese cuisine and would be lost without it.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Excellent Aug 15, 2004
By D. Powsner
Though we own twenty other Chinese cookbooks, we still think this is one of the best.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
This is the first Chinese cookbook, and the best, as others here confirm Oct 14, 2007
By miss prism
This is the first, the original, the most seminal, and the best Chinese cookbook ever written. Period, end of story. Irene Kuo is hailed, but in fact her cookbook, in my opinion, is inferior to this one; useful, but secondary. The only missing key and central recipe is Salt Roast Chicken, the best recipe for which is to be found in the Classic Chinese Cookbook by Mai Leung.
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