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Summary: Authentic Chinese "soul food"
Review: This is the best cookbook that I have read in years! The recipes are great and the stories evoke memories of growing up with my Asian extended family. If you want to prepare dishes that feed your soul as well as your appetite, buy this book. (It's especially useful for the neophyte as it explains the ingredients in full detail.)
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Summary: Organization style is a fault for me
Review: Though the recipes are authentic and described by Chinese characters, pronounciation, and English descriptions, the organization of the recipes makes it difficult for a reader to build a menu or track down a favorite recipe. The author has sorted dishes by techniques/rice/produce, those for celebrations, and those for their traditional healing properties. Unfortunately these categories aren't helpful if you wanted to browse say for a chicken dish. Your only recourse is to turn to the index and look up chicken and hop to and fro from section to section as chicken recipes (along with others) are strewn about the different sections of the book. Check out the table of contents and you'll get a sense of what I mean. (Last point: I'm not sure if I'd agree with the accuracy of the Cantonese pronounciations of the dishes)
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