100 Best Chinese Cooking Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

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Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking

Fuchsia Dunlop

5.0

Fuchsia Dunlop trained as a chef in China’s leading Sichuan cooking school and possesses the rare ability to write recipes for authentic Chinese food that you can make at home. Following her two seminal volumes on Sichuan and Hunan cooking, Every Grain of Rice is inspired by the vibrant everyday cooking of southern China, in which vegetables play the starring role, with small portions of meat and

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Key to Chinese Cooking

Irene Kuo, Carolyn Moy

5.0

Recommended by Madhur Jaffrey.

Madhur Jaffrey

This is sadly out of print now but you can get it from specialists. It’s by Irene Kuo and this is another Judith Jones book. She demands that you explain what you’re doing. If they’ve understood the basics of it then they’re going to be able to do it. For example, this book tells you how to velvet. [source]

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Salt: A World History

Mark Kurlansky

4.7

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From the Bestselling Author of Cod and The Basque History of the World

In his fifth work of nonfiction, Mark Kurlansky turns his attention to a common household item with a long and intriguing history: salt. The only rock we eat, salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of humankind. A substance so valuable it served a

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Appetites: A Cookbook

Anthony Bourdain

4.7

Anthony Bourdain is a man of many appetites. And for many years, first as a chef, later as a world-traveling chronicler of food and culture on his CNN series Parts Unknown, he has made a profession of understanding the appetites of others. These days, however, if he’s cooking, it’s for family and friends.

Appetites, his first cookbook in more than ten years, boils down forty-plus years of professio

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The Essential Wok Cookbook: A Simple Chinese Cookbook for Stir-Fry, Dim Sum, and Other Restaurant Favorites

Naomi Imatome-Yun

4.7

WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST SELLER

All the Recipes You Need to Enjoy Comforting Chinese Food at Home

Ordering Chinese takeout is easy—but it’s definitely not the healthiest or most affordable way to enjoy Chinese comfort food at home. With this simple cookbook in your kitchen and a mighty wok in your hand, Chinese favorites are now quicker, healthier, and cheaper than delivery.

The Essential Wok Cook

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Jet Tila's Best Asian Recipes of All Time: 100 Master Dishes from Japan, Thailand, China, Korea, Vietnam and More

Jet Tila

4.6

Celebrity chef, Asian cooking expert and TV personality Jet Tila has compiled his 100 most time-honored and prized recipes for the home cook in this amazing collection of Asian recipes. The dishes are authentic—drawn from Jet’s varied cooking experience, unique heritage and travels. The dishes are also approachable—with simplified techniques, weeknight-friendly total cook times and ingredients com

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Stir-Frying to the Sky's Edge: The Ultimate Guide to Mastery, with Authentic Recipes and Stories

Grace Young

4.6

Winner of the 2011 James Beard Foundation Award for International Cooking

The stir-fry is all things: refined, improvisational, adaptable, and inventive. It is the rare culinary practice that makes less seem like more, and by which small amounts of food feed many.

For centuries the Chinese have carried their woks to all corners of the earth and re-created stir-fry dishes, using local and sometimes n

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The Breath of a Wok

Grace Young

4.6

Award-winning author Grace Young celebrates and demystifies the art of wok cooking for the Western home cook.

When Grace Young was a child, her father instilled in her a lasting appreciation of wok hay, the highly prized but elusive taste that food achieves when properly stir-fried in a wok. As an adult, Young aspired to create that taste in her own kitchen.

Grace Young's quest to master wok cooking

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Easy Chinese Cookbook: Restaurant Favorites Made Simple

Chris Toy

4.6

Takeout made in―85+ classic Chinese dishes you can make at home

When you think of the irresistible tastes and smells of popular takeout meals, few are more satisfying than Chinese food. The Easy Chinese Cookbook offers you more than 85 recipes to help you recreate restaurant favorites in the comfort of your own kitchen.

Learn how to make staples like General Tso’s Chicken, Crab Rangoon, and Egg Roll

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Land of Fish and Rice: Recipes from the Culinary Heart of China

Fuchsia Dunlop

4.5

The lower Yangtze region, or Jiangnan, with its modern capital Shanghai, has been known since ancient times as a “land of fish and rice.” For centuries, local cooks have harvested the bounty of its lakes, rivers, fields, and mountains to create a cuisine renowned for its delicacy and beauty. In Land of Fish and Rice, Fuchsia Dunlop draws on years of study and exploration to present the recipes, te

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By Nay A: Viral Chinese-American Recipes: Simple Takeout Favorites You Can Make at Home

Nay A

4.5

Craving your favorite Chinese takeout but want to make it at home?In By Nay A’s Viral Chinese American Recipes, Nay brings you the bold, comforting, and crave-worthy flavors of Chinese-American takeout straight from your own kitchen. These are the viral recipes you’ve seen, saved, and loved, now all in one place.From crispy classics to saucy favorites, every recipe is designed to be simple, approa

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Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking: Authentic Dishes for the Home Cook

Maangchi

4.5

A complete course on Korean cuisine for the home cook by the YouTube star and the world's foremost authority on Korean cooking

Her millions of fans compare her to Julia Child. An Internet sensation, Maangchi has won the admiration of home cooks and chefs alike with her trademark combination of good technique and good cheer as she demonstrates the vast and delicious cuisine of Korea. In Maangchi’s

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The Woks of Life: Recipes to Know and Love from a Chinese American Family: A Cookbook

Bill Leung, Kaitlin Leung, Judy Leung, Sarah Leung

4.5

JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER • IACP AWARD FINALIST • PUBLISHERS WEEKLY STARRED REVIEW • “The Woks of Life did something miraculous: It reconnected me to my love of Chinese food and showed me how simple it is to make my favorite dishes myself.”—KEVIN KWAN, author of Crazy Rich AsiansThe family behind the acclaimed blog The Woks of Life shares 100 of their favo

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The C.S. Lewis Signature Classics (8-Volume Box Set)

C. S. Lewis

4.5

A gorgeous boxed set that includes all eight paperback volumes of the C. S. Lewis Signature Classics.

Boxed together for the first time, here are the signature spiritual works of one of the most celebrated literary figures of our time. Perfect for gift-giving, The C. S. Lewis Signature Classics (8-Volume Box Set) contains:

Mere Christianity
The Screwtape Letters
The Great Divorce
The Problem of Pain
Mir

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The Wok: Recipes and Techniques

J. Kenji López-Alt

4.5

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The China Study All-Star Collection: Whole Food, Plant-Based Recipes from Your Favorite Vegan Chefs

LeAnne Campbell, T. Colin Campbell Ph.D.

4.5

Following her bestselling The China Study Cookbook, LeAnne Campbell brings together top names in the plant-based community to share their favorite and most delicious recipes in The China Study All-Star Collection.

Featuring your favorite chefs and cookbooks authors, The China Study All-Star Collection includes foods from Happy Herbivore chef Lindsay S. Nixon; Del Sroufe, author of the New York Tim

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Keto Restaurant Favorites: More Than 175 Tasty Classic Recipes Made Fast, Fresh, and Healthy

Maria Emmerich

4.5

The ketogenic diet has taken the world by storm, and deservedly so: its results in helping people lose weight, manage chronic health conditions, and simply feel great are unmatched. Bestselling cookbook author Maria Emmerich sits at the forefront of the keto movement and has become the go-to source for high-fat, low-carb recipes that both please the palate and nourish the body. With Keto Restauran

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Cooking South of the Clouds: Recipes and stories from China's Yunnan province

Georgia Freedman

4.5

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The Healthy Wok Chinese Cookbook: Fresh Recipes to Sizzle, Steam, and Stir-Fry Restaurant Favorites at Home

Charmaine Ferrara

4.5

Enjoy Simple, Healthy Versions of Your Favorite Chinese Dishes with The Healthy Wok Chinese Cookbook

Chinese food is a favorite among many American families. But its harmonious fusion of sweet spice and tangy heat doesn't have to go hand-in-hand with overly sugary sauces, extra salt, greasy meats, or undesired MSG.

When Charmaine Ferrara moved from Malaysia to America more than 15 years ago, she was

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The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen: Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen

Grace Young

4.5

The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen, with its 150 recipes culled from a lifetime of family meals and culinary instruction, is much more than a cookbook. It is a daughter's tribute -- a collection of personal memories of the philosophy and superstitions behind culinary traditions that have been passed down through her Cantonese family, in which each ingredient has its own singular importance, the pre

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Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook: Recipes from Hunan Province

Fuchsia Dunlop

4.5

Fuchsia Dunlop is the author of the much-loved and critically acclaimed Sichuanese cookbook Land of Plenty, which won the British Guild of Food Writers’ Jeremy Round Award for best first book and which critic John Thorne called “a seminal exploration of one of China’s great regional cuisines.” Now, with Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook, she introduces us to the delicious tastes of Hunan, Chairman Ma

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All Under Heaven: Recipes from the 35 Cuisines of China

Carolyn Phillips

4.5

A comprehensive, contemporary portrait of China's culinary landscape and the geography and history that has shaped it, with more than 300 recipes.

Vaulting from ancient taverns near the Yangtze River to banquet halls in modern Taipei, All Under Heaven is the first cookbook in English to examine all 35 cuisines of China. Drawing on centuries' worth of culinary texts, as well as her own years workin

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Bad B*tch in the Kitch: Craveable Asian Recipes to Ditch the Takeout: A Cookbook

Cassie Yeung

4.4

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Add some razzle dazzle to your home cooking with 80 recipes for your favorite Asian takeout dishes from culinary influencer Cassie YeungCassie Yeung likes to think of herself as a chef for the people—no professional culinary training here, just a girl who really loves to cook (and eat, obvi). She believes that the #1 rule in the kitchen is to have fun, let loose, and co

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The Food of Sichuan

Fuchsia Dunlop

4.4

Almost twenty years after the publication of Land of Plenty, considered by many to be one of the greatest cookbooks of all time, Fuchsia Dunlop revisits the region where her own culinary journey began, adding more than 70 new recipes to the original repertoire and accompanying them with mouthwatering descriptions of the dazzling flavors and textures of Sichuanese cooking.

Food of Sichuan shows home

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Phoenix Claws and Jade Trees: Essential Techniques of Authentic Chinese Cooking

Kian Lam Kho and Jody Horton

4.4

Create nuanced, complex, authentic Chinese flavors at home by learning the cuisine’s fundamental techniques.

Phoenix Claws and Jade Trees offers a unique introduction to Chinese home cooking, demystifying it by focusing on its basic cooking methods. In outlining the differences among various techniques—such as pan-frying, oil steeping, and yin-yang frying—and instructing which one is best for part

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The Korean Vegan Cookbook: Reflections and Recipes from Omma's Kitchen

Joanne Lee Molinaro

4.4

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •NAMED ONE OF THE BEST NEW COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Epicurious • EATER • Stained Page • Infatuation • Spruce Eats • Publisher’s Weekly • Food52 • Toronto StarThe dazzling debut cookbook from Joanne Lee Molinaro, the home cook and spellbinding storyteller behind the online sensation @thekoreanveganJoanne Lee Molinaro has captivated millions of fans with her pow

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Ancient Wisdom, Modern Kitchen: Recipes from the East for Health, Healing, and Long Life

Yuan Wang

4.4

Award-Winner in the Cookbooks: International category of the 2010 International Book Awards

Ancient Wisdom, Modern Kitchen reveals how easy it is to tap into the 3,000-year-old secrets of the Eastern healing arts. This entertaining and easy-to-use book provides scores of delicious recipes, anecdotes about various herbs and foods, and all you need to know about acquiring ingredients—even if you don

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Mooncakes and Milk Bread: Sweet and Savory Recipes Inspired by Chinese Bakeries (A James Beard Award-Winning Cookbook. The Perfect Gift for Bakers, Baking Fans, and Foodies)

Kristina Cho

4.4

2022 JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • Baking and Desserts2022 JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • Emerging Voice, BooksONE OF THE TEN BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker Magazine, The New York TimesONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time Out, Glamour, Taste of HomeFood blogger Kristina Cho (eatchofood.com) introduces you to Chinese bakery cooking with fresh, simple interpretations of classic recipes f

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The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food

Jennifer 8 Lee

4.4

If you think McDonald's is the most ubiquitous restaurant experience in America, consider that there are more Chinese restaurants in America than McDonalds, Burger Kings, and Wendys combined. New York Times reporter and Chinese-American (or American-born Chinese), Jennifer 8 Lee, traces the history of Chinese-American experience through the lens of the food. In a compelling blend of sociology and

Recommended by Sung J. Woo.

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Instant Pot Asian Pressure Cooker Meals: Fast, Fresh & Affordable

Patricia Tanumihardja

4.4

Instant Pot Asian Pressure Cooker Meals shows you how to cook all your favorite Asian dishes at home using healthy, inexpensive ingredients and your Instant Pot!

In this cookbook, Asian-American food expert Pat Tanumihardja shows you how to buy fresh ingredients, condiments and spices from your local supermarket, farmers market or health food store on a budget, then how to use them to prepare delic

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168 Better Than Takeout Chinese Recipes - A Cookbook

Mandy Fu

4.4

I'm Mandy Fu, a passionate home cook and a social media influencer (Souped Up Recipes) with 3 million followers worldwide, on a mission to share the joy of cooking and rich flavors of Chinese foodwith you. As I penned the recipes for this cookbook, I found myself confronted with a daunting task. China, with its vast territory, large population, diverse ethnic groups, and millennia-old history, boa

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The Chinese Kitchen Garden: Growing Techniques and Family Recipes from a Classic Cuisine

Wendy Kiang-Spray

4.4

A beautiful introduction to growing and cooking with the variety, deliciousness, and healthfulness of Chinese cuisine!

Wendy Kiang-Spray’s family has a strong culinary and gardening tradition. In The Chinese Kitchen Garden, she beautifully blends the story of her family’s cultural heritage with growing information for 38 Chinese vegetables—like lotus root, garlic, chives, and eggplant—and 25 tradit

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The Last Chinese Chef

Nicole Mones

4.4

This alluring novel of friendship, love, and cuisine brings the best-selling author of Lost in Translation and A Cup of Light to one of the great Chinese subjects: food. As in her previous novels, Mones’s captivating story also brings into focus a changing China -- this time the hidden world of high culinary culture.

When Maggie McElroy, a widowed American food writer, learns of a Chinese paternity

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Let's Make Ramen!: A Comic Book Cookbook

Hugh Amano and Sarah Becan

4.4

A comic book cookbook with accessible ramen recipes for the home cook, including simple weeknight bowls, weekend project stocks, homemade noodles, and an array of delicious accompaniments, with insights and tips from notable ramen luminaries.

Playful and instructive, this hybrid cookbook/graphic novel introduces the history of ramen and provides more than 40 recipes for everything you need to make

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The Filipino Instant Pot Cookbook: Classic and Modern Filipino Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker

Tisha Gonda Domingo

4.3

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Indian Instant Pot Cooking: Traditional Indian Dishes Made Easy & Fast

Urvashi Pitre

4.3

Traditional Indian cuisine comes to your very modern Instant Pot®, including aloo gobi, butter chicken, chana masala, beef curry, pork saag, and more.Discover how simple and delicious traditional Indian cuisine can be. The Indian Instant Pot Cookbook offers fast and easy takes on classic Indian dishes—all designed to be cooked in your electric pressure cooker.Whether you're new to Indian food or l

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Hong Kong Food & Culture: From Dim Sum to Dried Abalone

Tony Tan

4.3

Hong Kong Food and Culture: From Dim Sum to Dried Abalone is a 352-page hardcover dedicated to exploring the city through its rich food and culture. Each chapter delves into a different topic: Traditional Chinese Medicine, herbs & spices, Cantonese sauces, dim sum, and wet markets are all covered in the 14-chapter offering. Interviews with fascinating local figures like noodlemakers, ceramic bowl

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Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China

Naomi Duguid, Jeffrey Alford

4.3

WINNER OF THE 2009 JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL COOKBOOK AWARD

WINNER OF THE 2009 IACP BEST INTERNATIONAL COOKBOOK AWARD

A bold and eye-opening new cookbook with magnificent photos and unforgettable stories.

In the West, when we think about food in China, what usually comes to mind are the signature dishes of Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai. But beyond the urbanized eastern third of China lie th

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Cook Korean!: A Comic Book with Recipes

Robin Ha

4.3

A charming introduction to the basics of Korean cooking in graphic novel form, with 64 recipes, ingredient profiles, and more, presented through light-hearted comics.

Playful and instructive, Cook Korean! is the intersection of cookbook and graphic novel in one easy-to-use package dedicated to this increasingly popular Asian cuisine. Illustrator Robin Ha presents colorful, humorous comics that full

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Chinese Cooking: The Easy Wok Method

Karen Lee Aland

4.3

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The Vegan Chinese Kitchen: Recipes and Modern Stories from a Thousand-Year-Old Tradition: A Cookbook

Hannah Che

4.3

JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • IACP AWARD WINNER • 100+ fresh, plant-based, umami-packed recipes that show the range of traditional and modern Chinese vegan cuisine from the creator of The Plant-Based Wok.ONE OF THE TEN BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Simply RecipesONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, Saveur, Vice, Epicurious, Library JournalWhen Hannah Che decid

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The Essential Air Fryer Cookbook for Two: Perfectly Portioned Recipes for Healthier Fried Favorites

Gina Kleinworth

4.3

Create delicious meals for two using your air fryer The Essential Air Fryer Cookbook for Two is perfect for making smaller portions in your convenient all-in-one appliance. You'll get essential guidance for using your air fryer plus more than 100 recipes that take the guesswork out of small-scale cooking.What sets The Essential Air Fryer Cookbook for Two apart from other air fryer recipes cookbook

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Joyce Chen Cookbook

Joyce Chen, Paul Dudley White

4.3

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Easy Asian Cookbook: 100+ Takeout Favorites Made Simple

Kathy Fang

4.3

More than one hundred Asian dishes so tasty and easy, you'll never need takeout again—from the co-owner and chef of San Francisco's Fang restaurant.Your favorite Asian-American restaurants combine traditional cooking styles with everyday supermarket ingredients. Now you can recreate their popular signature dishes at home with the Easy Asian Cookbook. It's packed with more than one hundred simple,

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Keto Diet Cookbook For Beginners: 550 Recipes For Busy People on Keto Diet

Elizabeth Cunningham

4.3

550 Effortless Keto Recipes for Quick Weight Loss in 2019-20! Do you crave quick & effortless keto recipes? And I know you had tasty dinners with the loved ones and there are a few or more extra pounds ''on board''! That's why I focused on creating the one and only Keto recipe book with 550 Delicious meals, that you'll ever need to cook to stay on Keto! Shoot for it!

This simple, yet powerful keto

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Beyond Korean: Easy Recipes for Korean, Japanese, and Chinese Favorites

Aaron Huh

4.3

Discover the flavors of Korea and beyond with 100 simple recipes for noodle dishes, soups, sandwiches, and more from Simply Korean author Aaron HuhSince 2017, Aaron Huh and his wife, Claire, have been showcasing simple Korean recipes on their popular YouTube channel, Aaron & Claire. With his laidback approach and encouraging “don’t worry about it!” attitude, Aaron makes cooking approachable and fu

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Family Style Chinese Cookbook: Authentic Recipes from My Culinary Journey Through China

Shanti Christensen and Bee Yinn Low

4.3

-Family Style Chinese Cookbook is a treasure trove of real Chinese home cooking. But it's more than just a cookbook--it's a collection of stories about tradition, ceremony, family, and pride.-
--Bee Yinn Low, author of Easy Chinese Recipes

Authentic Chinese cuisine is responsible for some of the most tantalizing dishes in the world. And yet, creating these delicious dishes may seem daunting. We're n

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Asian Paleo: Easy, Fresh Recipes to Make Ahead or Enjoy Right Now from I Heart Umami

ChihYu Smith

4.3

Creator of the popular food blog I Heart Umami, ChihYu Smith celebrates her Chinese and Taiwanese heritage and turns favorite Asian recipes into healthy, flavorful Paleo meals. In Asian Paleo, she shares 75 fresh, bold recipes inspired by her favorite dishes from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, and beyond.

Here, Smith helps readers find the perfect dish for any occasion. She includes easy meals, f

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Chopstix: Quick Cooking with Pacific Flavors

Hugh Carpenter

4.3

A book of 110 contemporary Asian-flavoured recipes that can be easily prepared within 30 minutes, written by the authors of Pacific Flavours. The recipes are organized by course, and menu and entertaining suggestions are offered throughout.

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Carla Hall's Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration

Carla Hall, Genevieve Ko

4.3

Beloved TV chef (ABC’s Emmy Award-winning The Chew and fan favorite on Bravo’s Top Chef), Carla Hall takes us back to her own Nashville roots to offer a fresh, lip-smackin’ look at America’s favorite comfort cuisine.In Carla Hall’s Soul Food, the beloved chef and television celebrity takes us back to her own Nashville roots to offer a fresh, lip-smackin’ look at America’s favorite comfort cuisine

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Hong Kong Diner: Recipes for Baos, Hotpots, Street Snacks and More...

Jeremy Pang, Kris Kirkham, Adrienne Katz Kennedy

4.3

With a cool aesthetic, vibrant photography and cutting-edge design, Hong Kong Diner is inspired by the unique city where Jeremy Pang grew up, where western sensibilities and food tastes overlap with an ancient cuisine. Featuring a selection of 70 dishes, including bao, buns, hotpots, fried noodles and bubble tea, Hong Kong Diner reveals the recipes of Hong Kong café and street food culture. From e

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The Modern Art of Chinese Cooking: Techniques and Recipes

Barbara Tropp

4.3

This classic text on Chinese Cooking Technique, now available in paperback, combines an insider's knowledge of authentic Chinese cooking and culture with more than two hundred recipes.

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Martin Yan Quick and Easy

Martin Yan

4.3

The companion volume to Martin Yan's new PBS series of the same name, this cookbook is the ideal introduction to Asian cooking. Wok-full of great tips and techniques, plus sources for easily locating unusual ingredients, here are more than 150 truly easy recipes that taste great and cook up fast -- all in under 30 minutes! Classic potstickers with spicy dipping sauce can be made ahead and frozen f

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A Chinese Cookbook for Kids

Rosemary Hankin

4.3

China is the fourth-largest country in the world, and it is home to one of the broadest-reaching culinary traditions. However, students will be interested to find that the food found in most Chinese restaurants has little resemblance to the traditional dishes of China. This engaging, fact-filled book explores the foods associated with five of the best-known food destinations in the country. Simple

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The Complete Asian Sauces Cookbook: Homemade Thai, Chinese, Korean & Japanese Sauces, Dips, Marinades, Dressings and Condiments

BAYDEN HARKER

4.3

Why does your homemade stir-fry never taste like the restaurant's? The answer is almost always the sauce — and this book fixes that forever.The Complete Asian Sauces Cookbook gives you 100 easy, tested recipes for the sauces, dips, marinades, dressings, and condiments behind your favorite Thai, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese dishes — plus Vietnamese, Filipino, Indonesian, and fusion favorites. Whet

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Nutritional Healing with Chinese Medicine: + 175 Recipes for Optimal Health

Ellen Goldsmith MSOMLAcDipCH and Maya Klein PhD

4.2

East meets West in the kitchen with the nourishing treasures of Chinese Medicine.

Food can be the most powerful medicine. This outstanding book introduces and teaches how to apply the ancient wisdom and traditions of the healing that comes through food according to Chinese medicine. This is a new way of thinking about what foods are needed to achieve balance and ultimately improve health.

Goldsmith

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Cook Like a King: Recipes from My California Chinese Kitchen

Melissa King, JJ Goode

4.2

WINNER OF THE JAMES BEARD AWARD • In her debut cookbook, Top Chef All-Stars champion and award-winning chef Melissa King shares 120 of her favorite dishes, blending her California sensibility with the Chinese cuisine of her childhood.“Ever since I first tasted Melissa’s cooking on Top Chef, I’ve been waiting for this book. Her food is beautiful and comforting, elegant, and very doable.”—Padma Laks

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A Tradition of Soup: Flavors from China's Pearl River Delta

Teresa M. Chen, Martin Yan

4.2

Through recipes that use time-honored medicinal ingredients, A Tradition of Soup provides a fascinating narrative of the Southern Chinese immigrants who came to the United States in large numbers during the last half century, the struggles they faced and overcame, and the soups they used to heal and nourish their bodies.

Following the Chinese approach to health, Teresa Chen, who was born into a fa

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Holiday Slow Cooker: 100 Incredible and Festive Recipes for Every Celebration

Leigh Anne Wilkes

4.2

Create fantastic holiday fare with a twist fit for any celebration with Holiday Slow Cooker. Have more room for other dishes in or eliminate using your oven by having a slow cooker take on some of the elements.

Leigh Anne Wilkes created 100 recipes that are extravagant and gourmet, yet easy to make for festivities. Make parties and entertaining less stressful on your oven by leaving your slow cooke

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Japanese Hot Pots: Family Style Comfort Foods

Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat

4.2

Wholesome, delicious Japanese comfort food, hot pot cooking satisfies the universal desire for steaming, gratifying and hearty meals the whole family can enjoy. In Japanese Hot Pots, chef Tadashi Ono and food journalist Harris Salat demystify this communal eating tradition for American home cooks with belly-warming dishes from all corners of Japan. Using savory broths and healthy, easy-to-find ing

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Easy Chinese Recipes: Family Favorites From Dim Sum to Kung Pao

Bee Yinn Low

4.2

Growing up in a Chinese household in Malaysia where cuisine and culture were inseparable, Bee Yinn Low developed a deep love and appreciation for food. Her early memories of helping her mother prepare steamy and fragrant Chinese meals solidified into a way of life for Bee as a working woman in Southern California. A love of Chinese food didn't translate well to a modern Western lifestyle due to ti

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Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking: 200 Traditional Recipes from 11 Chinatowns Around the World

Martin Yan

4.2

When it comes to Chinese cooking, no one has as much culinary talent and encyclopedic knowledge as Martin Yan. That talent and knowledge are presented here in Martin Yan's Chinatown Cooking, a companion volume to his new public television series.

Martin takes you on an unforgettable culinary journey through the gates of eleven Chinatowns around the world. Visit the streets, shops, homes, and restau

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Instant Pot Recipe Collection: Simple and Delicious Pressure Cooker Family Favourites for Beginners and Experienced Cooks.

Flo Lum

4.2

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Asia: The Ultimate Cookbook

Brian Huskey

4.2

Asia: The Ultimate Cookbook is a beautiful and thorough collection of recipes drawn from the many rich traditions of Asian cuisines and inspired by contemporary influences.This comprehensive cookbook takes you on a tour of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and Vietnamese cuisines. This wide array of recipes reflects the broad diversity of culture, history, and experience across Asia. Strike the per

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Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook

Gloria Bley Miller

4.2

An essential resource in the American kitchen and a classic for nearly four decades, this is the definitive Chinese cookbook, perfect for cooks at every level.

Here is the largest, most comprehensive Chinese cookbook ever published for the Western world. A Tastemaker Award winner, Gloria Bley Miller distills centuries of Chinese recipes and techniques into concise and easy-to-follow directions that

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Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table: Recipes and Reminiscences from Vietnam's Best Market Kitchens, Street Cafes, and Home Cooks

Mai Pham

4.2

A land of vibrant cultures and vivid contrasts, Vietnam is also home to some of the most delicious and intriguing food in the world. While its cooking traditions have been influenced by those of China, France, and even India, Vietnam has created a cuisine with a spirit and a flavor all its own.Chef and restaurateur Mai Pham brings to life this diverse and exciting cooking in Pleasures of the Vietn

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Korean Home Cooking: Classic and Modern Recipes

Sohui Kim

4.2

In Korean Home Cooking, Sohui Kim shares the authentic Korean flavors found in the dishes at her restaurant and the recipes from her family. Sohui is well-regarded for her sense of sohnmat, a Korean phrase that roughly translates to “taste of the hand,” or an ease and agility with making food taste delicious. With 100 recipes, Korean Home Cooking is a comprehensive look at Korean cuisine, and incl

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A Common Table: 80 Recipes and Stories from My Shared Cultures

Cynthia Chen McTernan

4.2

In A Common Table, Two Red Bowls blogger Cynthia Chen McTernan shares more than 80 Asian-inspired, modern recipes that marry food from her Chinese roots, Southern upbringing, and Korean mother-in-law’s table. The book chronicles Cynthia’s story alongside the recipes she and her family eat every day—beginning when she met her husband at law school and ate out of two battered red bowls, through the

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Chinese Soul Food: A Friendly Guide for Homemade Dumplings, Stir-Fries, Soups, and More

Hsiao-Ching Chou

4.2

Chinese food is more popular than any other cuisine and yet it often intimidates North American home cooks. Chinese Soul Food draws cooks into the kitchen with recipes that include sizzling potstickers, stir-fries that are
unbelievably easy to make, saucy braises, and soups that bring comfort with a sip. These are dishes that feed the belly and speak the universal language of "mmm!" You'll find app

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Korean BBQ: Master Your Grill in Seven Sauces

Bill Kim

4.2

JAMES BEARD AWARD FINALIST - A casual and practical guide to grilling with Korean-American flavors from chef Bill Kim of Chicago's award-winning bellyQ restaurants, with 80 recipes tailored for home cooks with suitable substitutions for hard-to-find ingredients.

Born in Korea but raised in the American Midwest, chef Bill Kim brings these two sensibilities together in Korean BBQ, translating Korean

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Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China

Fuchsia Dunlop and Bee Wilso

4.2

After fifteen years spent exploring China and its food, Fuchsia Dunlop finds herself in an English kitchen, deciding whether to eat a caterpillar she has accidentally cooked in some home-grown vegetables. How can something she has eaten readily in China seem grotesque in England? The question lingers over this "autobiographical food-and-travel classic" (Publishers Weekly).

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The Art of Escapism Cooking: A Survival Story, with Intensely Good Flavors

Mandy Lee

4.2

“Lee, who vents about living abroad in her Lady and Pups blog, fuels this stunning cookbook with the ferocity of Sichuan peppercorns and chili oil. . . . An energetic confessional, for Lee is as gifted a writer as she is a cook. . . . Innovative. . . . [A] unique and deeply felt debut.” - Publisher's Weekly (starred review)

In this inventive and intensely personal cookbook, the blogger behind the a

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Apple Pie 4th of July

Janet S. Wong, Margaret Chodos-Irvine

4.2

Shocked that her parents are cooking Chinese food to sell in the family store on an all-American holiday, a feisty Chinese American girl tries to tell her mother and father how things really are. But as the parade passes by and fireworks light the sky, she learns a surprising lesson.

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The Fun Dumpling Cookbook: Easy, Gourmet Recipes From a Top Chef

Lee Anne Wong

4.1

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The Chinese Takeout Cookbook: Quick and Easy Dishes to Prepare at Home

Diana Kuan

4.1

America's love affair with Chinese food dates back more than a century. Today, such dishes as General Tso's Chicken, Sweet and Sour Pork, and Egg Rolls are as common as hamburgers and spaghetti. Probably at this moment, a drawer in your kitchen is stuffed with Chinese takeout menus, soy sauce packets, and wooden chopsticks, right?
But what if you didn't have to eat your favorites out of a contain

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Myers+Chang at Home: Recipes from the Beloved Boston Eatery

Joanne Chang

4.1

From beloved chef and author Joanne Chang, the first cookbook from her acclaimed Boston restaurant, Myers+Chang

Award-winning and beloved chef Joanne Chang of Boston’s Flour bakery may be best known for her sticky buns, but that’s far from the limit of her talents. When Chang married acclaimed restaurateur Christopher Myers, she would make him Taiwanese food for dinner at home every night. The cou

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Chinese Cooking for Dummies

Martin Yan

4.1

Have you ever had a craving for fried dumplings or hot and sour soup at midnight? Ever wonder how your local Chinese takeout makes their food taste so good--and look so easy to make? Still don't know the difference between Sichuan, Cantonese, and Mandarin cooking? Discovering how to cook the Chinese way will leave you steaming, stir-frying, and food-styling like crazy! The indescribably delicious

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Chinese Banquet Cookbook

Eileen Yin-Fei Lo

4.1

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Korean Paleo: 80 Bold-Flavored, Gluten- and Grain-Free Recipes

Jean Choi

4.1

Bold Korean Flavors Without the Guilt

Enjoy healthier versions of all your Korean favorites with Jean Choi’s innovative spin on her family’s traditional recipes.

Jean—a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and the founder of What Great Grandma Ate—shares “Paleo-fied” versions of authentic meals from her family’s cookbook. These include gluten-, dairy- and grain-free takes on classic Korean dis

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The Chinese Medicine Cookbook: Nourishing Recipes to Heal and Thrive

Stacey Isaacs

4.1

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Chinese Takeout Cookbook: Favorite Chinese Takeout Recipes to Make at Home

Lina Chang

4.1

Prepare your favorite Chinese takeout recipes at home!

*BLACK AND WHITE EDITION*

Chinese food is one of the most popular cuisines in the world. Chinese takeout restaurants can be found everywhere on the planet. All major cities have their Chinatown, and more and more supermarkets carry Asian ingredients, making it easier to cook authentic Chinese dishes. When we get a craving for Chicken General Tso

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Mastering the Art of Chinese Cooking

Eileen Yin-Fei Lo

4.1

This new masterwork of Chinese cuisine showcases acclaimed chef Eileen Yin-Fei Lo's decades of culinary virtuosity. A series of lessons build skill, knowledge, and confidence as Lo guides the home cook step by step through the techniques, ingredients, and equipment that define Chinese cuisine. With more than 100 classic recipes and technique illustrations throughout, Mastering the Art of Chinese C

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Xi'an Famous Foods: The Cuisine of Western China, from New York’s Favorite Noodle Shop

Jason Wang

4.1

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Chinese Village Cookbook

Rhoda Yee

4.1

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Chinese Street Food: Small Bites, Classic Recipes, and Harrowing Tales Across the Middle Kingdom

Howie Southworth

4.0

"Chinese Street Food is brimming with history, food lore, and recipes that take you on a culinary journey outside of the restaurant and into the streets of regional China. Authentic flavors and techniques explode onto the page in a way that first make you salivate, then motivate to roll up your sleeves and get cooking." —Chef Lee Anne Wong

One element of Chinese cookery that remains rare throughout

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China: The Cookbook

Kei Lum Chan

4.0

The definitive cookbook bible of the world’s most popular and oldest cuisine

"China The Cookbook is a magnificent insight into the history of Chinese cuisine. I will treasure it in my collection and it will be no doubt be used as valuable reference for many years to come." —Ken Hom OBE,Chef, author and tv presenter

In the tradition of bestsellers including Mexico and The Nordic Cookbook comes the ne

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The Chinese Herbal Cookbook: Healing Foods from East and West

Penelope Ody

4.0

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Eight Immortal Flavors: Secrets Of Cantonese Cookery From San Francisco's Chinatown

Johnny Kan

4.0

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The Everything Chinese Cookbook: Includes Tomato Egg Flower Soup, Stir-Fried Orange Beef, Spicy Chicken with Cashews, Kung Pao Tofu, Pepper-Salt Shrimp, and hundreds more!

Manyee Elaine Mar

4.0

Make your favorite dishes at home!

Chinese takeout is a go-to solution for busy nights, but typical Chinese restaurant fare can be loaded with fat, sugar, and salt. With The Everything Chinese Cookbook, 2nd Edition, you can make healthier (and more delicious) versions of your favorite takeout dishes at home, including:

Spicy szechwan peanut sauce
Crab rangoon
Quick and easy hot and sour soup
Chicken ch

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Best-Ever Book Of Wok and Stir-Fry Cooking

Jenni Fleetwood

4.0

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Super Easy and Appetizing Stir-fry Cookbook: The Perfect Stir-fry Recipes for Beginners

Molly Mills

4.0

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Seoul Food Korean Cookbook: Korean Cooking from Kimchi and Bibimbap to Fried Chicken and Bingsoo

Naomi Imatome-Yun

4.0

Eat Like a Local with Updated Recipes for Authentic Korean Cooking

To capture the different flavors of Korea's thriving food scene, the Seoul Food Korean Cookbook offers a wide range of recipes for traditional and modern Korean dishes. Whether you hope to recreate your mother's Sliced Barbecued Beef (bulgogi) or replicate the Spicy Stir-Fried Rice Cakes (tteokbokki) from your trip to Korea, the Seo

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Chopsticks, Cleaver, and Wok

Jennie Low

4.0

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Chinese Cookery

Rose Cheng, Michele Morris, et al.

4.0

These authentic Chinese recipes feature the best of Mandarin, Cantonese, Szechuan and Shanghai cuisines--from elegant Eight Treasure Duckling to easy, budget-wise Pork with Broccoli or Egg Fu Yung. Full-color photographs.

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Bowl: Vegetarian Recipes for Ramen, Pho, Bibimbap, Dumplings, and Other One-Dish Meals

Lukas Volger and Michael Harlan Turkell

4.0

Flavorful vegetarian versions of America's favorite one-dish meals: ramen, pho, bibimbap, dumplings, and burrito bowls

A restorative bowl of vegetarian ramen sent Lukas Volger on a quest to capture the full flavor of all the one-bowl meals that are the rage today—but in vegetarian form. With the bowl as organizer, the possibilities for improvisational meals full of seasonal produce and herbs are n

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Good Luck Life: The Essential Guide to Chinese American Celebrations and Culture

Rosemary Gong and Martin Yan

4.0

Good Luck Life is the first book to explain the meanings of Chinese rituals and to offer advice on when and how to plan for Chinese holidays and special occasions such as Chinese weddings, the Red Egg and Ginger party to welcome a new baby, significant birthdays, and the inevitable funeral. Packed with practical information, Good Luck Life contains an abundance of facts, legends, foods, old-villag

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Chinese Tonic Herbs

Ron Teeguarden and Caroline Davies

4.0

Here is a fascinating book about how plants, minerals and animals have been used by Eastern people, for thousands of years, to prolong life, enhance the powers of thought, strengthen the body, increase virility and fertility even to clear the inner vision to make oneself more receptive to the veiled secrets of God and nature.

It gives the fundamental principles of the oriental health philosophy an

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China: A Cookbook: 300 Classic Recipes from Beijing and Canton, to Shanghai and Sichuan

Terry Tan

4.0

From bustling cosmopolitan cities to remote rural landscapes, this comprehensive volume explores the varied food and cooking of China with fascinating background information on the local geography and culinary history. Bringing together classic dishes, from the old imperial kitchens of Beijing to the tea houses of southern China, expert Terry Tan explores the diverse regions and introduces the rea

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Hawker Fare: Simple Recipes for Thai Isan Lao Home Cooking

James Syhabout

4.0

From chef James Syhabout of two–Michelin-star restaurant Commis, an Asian-American cookbook like no other—simple recipes for cooking home-style Thai and Lao dishes

James Syhabout’s hugely popular Hawker Fare restaurant in San Francisco is the product of his unique family history and diverse career experience. Born into two distinct but related Asian cultures—from his mother’s ancestral village in I

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Benu

Corey Lee

4.0

The first book on San Francisco’s three‐Michelin starred restaurant Benu and its chef Corey Lee, hailed by David Chang as one of the best chefs on earth.

Since striking out on his own from Thomas Keller’s acclaimed French Laundry in 2010, Corey Lee has crafted a unique, James Beard Award‐winning cuisine that seamlessly blends his South Korean heritage with his upbringing in the United States.

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