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Summary: great intro to oriental cooking
Review: I have purchased this book a few years ago after a few not too successful attempts at oriental-style cooking.The book is wonderful in the fact that it covers techniques, gives tips and explains main details of stir-fry and wok cooking for people who are not necessarily great chefs and/or have not learned oriental cooking in their mother's kitchen. It is also important that it gives recipes from all over the Orient, and does not concentrate on just one cuisine, allowing for variety that was very enticing to me, as a beginner home chef at the time. The recipes are wonderful, easy to prepare, and very satisfying to both, eyes and palate. The dishes lend themselves to presentation at casual dinners or luncheons with friends, or an intimate dinner with a significant other (cooking these together is a lot of fun!). The book is written for the average person, and does not contain strange uneplained terminology or unexplained names of styles that confounded the younger me in many more "serious" cookbooks. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who would like to learn the basics (and more!) of oriental cooking without specializing into one cuisine. If you are already a pro, this book can still provide plenty of ideas and inspiration.
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Summary: Easy to follow, great recipes, generously pictured
Review: Offers lots of recipes with ingredients and spices the novice in Asian cuisine never felt tempted to try. This book introduces techniques and ingredients in recipes. It entices you to try at home what you did not want to ask in a restaurant, the 'How did you do THAT?'. The recipes range from quick starters (Salmon in Teriaky, 3 minutes) to full blown menus that may take up to an hour of your time and needs to be prepared a day in advance. My mother loved it at first sight and even more after a thorough review. Now I am trying to get a copy, because I gave her mine and she is asking for four other copies, because her guests want copies, too.
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Summary: A Flash of Delight In its Own Right
Review: This is my most favorite stir-fry cookbook. I love the way this book is organized. It is wonderful to have the introduction chapter address equipment, fresh produce, herbs and spices, flavoring ingredients, and techniques for preparation and frying. The step by step food preparation guides are helpful and the color photographs are beautiful. This presentation makes it easier for anyone who may be new to wok cooking and helpful for long-timers. There is a beautiful full-colored photograph for each dish. If you love stir fry recipes and wok cooking that has a strong essence of imagination, great taste, a sundry of uses (casual and for company) this is a "must have" for your collection. Enjoy, you will not be sorry!!! Great job Shirley and Liz!!!
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