My China: A Feast for All the Senses Hardcover - 2007
by Kylie Kwong
An extraordinary, intimate tour through the rich food and culture of China and Tibet, told through lavish photography, stories, and recipes.
My China is a sweeping culinary travelogue through modern-day China and Tibet. Here, Kylie Kwong, renowned chef and author of Simple Chinese Cooking, journeys to ten cities and provinces, beginning in the Toishan district, the home of her own ancestors. Along the way, she meets and cooks with an array of spirited locals and samples a range of wonderful regional meals and tastes from the haute cuisine of glamorous Shanghai restaurants to the simple bowls of noodles and pickles at the wooden stalls of Lhasa, and the altogether different and intense spicy heat of traditional Sichuan dishes. With a chef's passion for new flavors, Kwong discovers authentic recipes and traditional techniques and adapts them to eighty new recipes that readers can make simply at home.
A rich collection of stories, recipes, and beautiful photographs, My China will transport readers to the sights, smells, and flavors of a world that inspires. It is an intimate, captivating look at modern China and all its treasures, and the perfect gift for the holidays for any armchair traveler.
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My China is a sweeping culinary travelogue through modern-day China and Tibet. Here, Kylie Kwong, renowned chef and author of Simple Chinese Cooking, journeys to ten cities and provinces, beginning in the Toishan district, the home of her own ancestors. Along the way, she meets and cooks with an array of spirited locals and samples a range of wonderful regional meals and tastes?from the haute cuisine of glamorous Shanghai restaurants to the simple bowls of noodles and pickles at the wooden stalls of Lhasa, and the altogether different and intense spicy heat of traditional Sichuan dishes. With a chef?s passion for new flavors, Kwong discovers authentic recipes and traditional techniques and adapts them to eighty new recipes that readers can make simply at home.
A rich collection of stories, recipes, and beautiful photographs, My China will transport readers to the sights, smells, and flavors of a world that inspires. It is an intimate, captivating look at modern China and all its treasures, and the perfect gift for the holidays for any armchair traveler.
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- Title My China: A Feast for All the Senses
- Author Kylie Kwong
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Pages 482
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Putnam, NY
- Date November 8, 2007
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780670018796 / 0670018791
- Weight 4.41 lbs (2.00 kg)
- Dimensions 11.34 x 9.26 x 1.64 in (28.80 x 23.52 x 4.17 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Cookery, Chinese, China - Description and travel
- Dewey Decimal Code 641.595
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