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Author
Publisher
Rocky Pond Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Ra Pu Zel, a rebellious princess in China who prefers cooking with her dog Bao, becomes frustrated with her parent's demands and locks herself away in a tower, only to descend when a skilled young chef presents her with a compelling dish.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Asian and Pasifika Voices: Picture Books
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
Tales for Twos: Bedtime
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
Tales for Twos: Bedtime
Description
As she prepares a traditional Chinese meal for her family, a mother answers her child's question: "What is love?"
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Rejected by the parents of the girl he loves for being poor, Ma Mon Luk strikes out from China and boards a steamship headed for the Philippines in 1918. He vows to make a fortune and return for his beloved. Ma creates a chicken noddle soup he calls mami―"ma" for his name and "mi" for noodles―and peddles it as a street vendor. He eventually earns enough to open his own restaurant and wins the approval of the parents of his true love."--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
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Description
Rising high school juniors Jocelyn Wu and Will Domenici fall in love while trying to save the Wu family restaurant, A-Plus Chinese Garden.
Jocelyn Wu wants to make it through junior year without dying of boredom; to direct a short film with her BFF Priya Venkatram; and to get at least two months into the year without being compared to or confused with Peggy Chang, the only other Chinese girl in her grade. Will Domenici has two goals: to find a paying...
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Tucked into a crook of Doyers Street in New York City's Chinatown, Nom Wah Tea Parlor has been serving some of the world's greatest dim sum for a hundred years. Here are the century-old secrets and recipes behind the restaurant's legendary dishes, including giant pork bao, soup dumplings, egg rolls, chef's specials, moon cakes, and more. Owner Wilson Tang captures a community at the crossroads, poised between respect for tradition and adaptation,...
Author
Publisher
America's Test Kitchen
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"James Beard Award winner Kevin Pang and his dad Jeffrey, hosts of the hit America's Test Kitchen series Hunger Pangs, show you the way to delicious Chinese cooking in this accessible, funny, heartfelt cookbook. From American Chinese classics (General Tso's Chicken) to Sichuan street foods (Dan Dan Mian) and Hong Kong dim sum favorites (Shu Mai), A Very Chinese Cookbook is ideal for both the Chinese food-curious and experienced cooks seeking a weekend...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
Following Dunlop's 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 fish.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Chinese was the earliest truly global cuisine. When the first Chinese laborers began to settle abroad, restaurants appeared in their wake. Yet Chinese has the curious distinction of being both one of the world's best-loved culinary traditions and one of the least understood. For more than a century, the overwhelming dominance of a simplified form of Cantonese cooking ensured that few foreigners experienced anything of its richness and sophistication--but...
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The funny and poignant family behind the hugely popular multigenerational blog, The Woks of Life, share 100 of their favorite home-cooked and restaurant-style Chinese recipes, along with game-changing Chinese cooking secrets, that will become a part of your family story, too"--
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Asian and Pasifika Voices: Picture Books
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
Food For Thought: Picture Books
Shower Your Baby With Books: Sing Me a Story
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
Food For Thought: Picture Books
Shower Your Baby With Books: Sing Me a Story
Description
Presents a song set to the tune of "The wheels on the bus," where a multigenerational family enjoys a culturally rich meal.
Author
Publisher
Hardie Grant Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Simply Chinese is a sumptuous collection of classic and modern Chinese home-style recipes that can be made, with ease, in your own home kitchens. For Suzie Lee, food and Chinese home cooking has always been personal, in Chinese culture, food and family are intertwined. Suzie strives to capture and recreate those cooking traditions she shared with her late mother, her inspiration. From Lee family favourites, such as Hong Kong style chicken wings,...
Author
Publisher
Hardie Grant Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Gathering together with family and friends to feast and celebrate festivals and holidays is a joy woven deeply into Chinese culture. From Chinese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival to birthdays and weddings, there are a wondrous number of occasions on which to get together and eat delicious food. In Simply Chinese Feasts, Suzie Lee shares the meaning and symbolism of Chinese traditions, all through the lens of food."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Page Street Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Delicious, home-cooked Chinese food is just a few pantry staples away, thanks to celebrated chef and CookingBomb founder Vivian Aronson. Learn to select standout sauces, condiments, spices, noodles and more from the aisles of your local Asian market, then incorporate them into 60 must-try meals!"--Back cover
A celebrity chef and the founder of CookingBomb helps readers navigate Asian markets, breaking down staple ingredients in Asian cuisine while...
Author
Publisher
Quadrille
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Kwoklyn Wan has spent years perfecting recipes for dishes that taste just like the ones from your local chinese restaurant. Includes: Easy step-by-step instructions; Handy guide to ingredients and pantry essentials; Easy-to-find ingredients, available at supermarkets.--adapted from back cover.
Author
Publisher
Hardie Grant Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Veganise your favourite Chinese dishes at home with Vegan Chinese Food, from the founders of the hugely popular food blog littlericenoodle, Yang Liu and Katharina Pinczolits. Vegan Chinese Food gives flavourful plant-based alternatives to 86 well-loved and diverse Chinese recipes, including sauces, dumplings, noodles and desserts. The book draws upon Yang's experience of wanting to make the dishes from her childhood vegan-friendly, as well as the...
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