Katie Chin's Everyday Chinese Cookbook

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Katie Chin's Everyday Chinese Cookbook

101 Delicious Recipes from My Mother's Kitchen

Author:

Chin,Katie

Iyer, Raghavan

Kawana, Masano

Subject:

Cooking & Food

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"Katie Chin has done us all a huge favor: she's provided us with recipes for so many of the Chinese dishes we always wanted to cook but have never had clear and easy instructions to prepare...Thank you, Katie Chin!" —Martha StewartHome chefs will enjoy preparing these Chinese home cooking-inspired dishes with this easy-to-follow Chinese cookbook.Author Katie Chin's love of cooking blossomed at an early age—watching and later helping her renowned mother, Leeann Chin, prepare delicious Chinese dishes in her popular restaurants. Born in China, Leeann was an award-winning restaurateur and author revered for her ability to demystify Chinese cooking for the American home cook. Katie inherited her mom's passion and talent, and has become a respected food writer and television personality in her own right. Sadly, Leeann passed away in 2010, but her recipes live on. Katie is eager to share her mother's food legacy with you in this book—an homage to Leeann's mastery of all that Chinese cooking has to offer. This treasury of family recipes includes many unique dishes that Leeann developed during a six-decade career in the food business, including time-honored classics that she herself learned from her mother in China. Some dishes reflect Leeann's Chinese-American childhood or are recipes which Katie and Leeann developed while together. Others are creations that Katie has developed more recently. Woven throughout the book are fond memories and anecdotes from Katie's childhood, always involving cooking and eating with her mom. Katie Chin's Everyday Chinese Cooking is a celebration of Leeann Chin's amazing mastery of the complete array of flavors and techniques in Chinese cuisine, and her unique ability to make them accessible to Westerners. Katie provides tips and techniques which allow anyone to create a refined and tasty Chinese meal at home. Favorite Chinese recipes include: Firecracker Shrimp Mu Shu Pork Peking Duck Summer Rolls General Tso's Chicken Tangerine Beef Hoisin Lacquered Ribs Tea-Smoked Sea Bass Banana Wontons Five Spice Chocolate Cake And many more... Let yourself be inspired by the exquisite flavors of Leeann and Katie Chin's signature Chinese cuisine!

Publisher:

Tuttle Publishing

Date:

2016/04/26

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Summary

"Katie Chin has done us all a huge favor: she's provided us with recipes for so many of the Chinese dishes we always wanted to cook but have never had clear and easy instructions to prepare...Thank you, Katie Chin!" -- Martha Stewart

Home chefs will enjoy preparing these Chinese home cooking-inspired dishes with this easy-to-follow Chinese cookbook.

Author Katie Chin's love of cooking blossomed at an early age--watching and later helping her renowned mother, Leeann Chin, prepare delicious Chinese dishes in her popular restaurants. Born in China, Leeann was an award-winning restaurateur and author revered for her ability to demystify Chinese cooking for the American home cook. Katie inherited her mom's passion and talent, and has become a respected food writer and television personality in her own right. Sadly, Leeann passed away in 2010, but her recipes live on. Katie is eager to share her mother's food legacy with you in this book--an homage to Leeann's mastery of all that Chinese cooking has to offer.

This treasury of family recipes includes many unique dishes that Leeann developed during a six-decade career in the food business, including time-honored classics that she herself learned from her mother in China. Some dishes reflect Leeann's Chinese-American childhood or are recipes which Katie and Leeann developed while together. Others are creations that Katie has developed more recently. Woven throughout the book are fond memories and anecdotes from Katie's childhood, always involving cooking and eating with her mom.

Katie Chin's Everyday Chinese Cooking is a celebration of Leeann Chin's amazing mastery of the complete array of flavors and techniques in Chinese cuisine, and her unique ability to make them accessible to Westerners. Katie provides tips and techniques which allow anyone to create a refined and tasty Chinese meal at home.

Favorite Chinese recipes include: Firecracker Shrimp Mu Shu Pork Peking Duck Summer Rolls General Tso's Chicken Tangerine Beef Hoisin Lacquered Ribs Tea-Smoked Sea Bass Banana Wontons Five Spice Chocolate Cake And many more...
Let yourself be inspired by the exquisite flavors of Leeann and Katie Chin's signature Chinese cuisine!

Author Notes

Katie Chin is senior vice president of worldwide promotions for Twentieth Century-Fox Licensing & Merchandising.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Chin (Everyday Thai Cooking) grew up in the restaurant industry-her mother was the driving force behind the successful Leeann Chin restaurant chain-but had forgotten how to cook by the time she moved to L.A. She called her mother for tips, and the two reconnected over cooking. Those recipes are shared in this solid collection, weighted fairly evenly between American Chinese classics (such as mu shu pork, hot and sour soup, kung pao and General Tso's chicken, and sweet and sour pork) and must-try dishes such as Peking duck summer rolls, luscious hoisin-lacquered ribs, Chinese glazed salmon, and the impressive and elaborate braided fish steamed with ginger and green onions. Readers who are inspired to create their own hoisin sauce, chili paste, or sweet-and-sour sauce are given directions to do so. Home cooks will do themselves a disservice if they skip over Chin's text to get to the recipes, as she sprinkles in terrific advice on cooking the perfect pot of rice, eliminating the "fishy" taste of shrimp (soak it in salt water), and tenderizing meat. Though this isn't the definitive take on American Chinese cooking, it's a practical and applicable one. Readers who want to stop ordering out and attempt their own Chinese fare will find this to be a helpful guide. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

Designed to appeal to cooks eager to try some standard Chinese dishes, this brightly illustrated and well-organized volume offers just what the beginner needs. Unlike some earlier-generation Chinese cookbook authors, Chin is able to take advantage of today's increasing availability of Chinese ingredients throughout America. Where formerly cookbooks would have used dry sherry as a substitute for Chinese rice wine, and some other mild vinegar for black vinegar, Chin dares to employ distinctly Chinese originals, such as brown-bean paste, chili-garlic sauce, and Szechuan peppercorns. For those intimidated by watching experts wield cleavers, Chin lauds the very modern food processor to aid chopping up all manner of meats and vegetables for making dumpling fillings and speedy stir-fries. The truly ambitious can even make their own hoisin sauce from peanut butter, honey, garlic, and a few other spices. Straightforward recipes ease the new cook into dishes from several Chinese cooking traditions, from mellow Cantonese to fiery Szechuan.--Knoblauch, Mark Copyright 2016 Booklist

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