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"Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet. So begins the story of this exquisite debut novel, about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee; their middle daughter, a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue - in Marilyn's case that her daughter become...
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251 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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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 areunbelievably 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 approachable recipes and plenty of tips for favorite homestyle...
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367 pages : color illustrations, map ; 26 cm
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An exploration of techniques and ingredients key to the Jiangnan kitchen collects recipes for dishes that celebrate the culinary delights of the Yangtze region, featuring such dishes as clear-steamed sea bass, fresh soybeans with pickled greens, and dingpo pork.
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192 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Helen and Lisa Tse have been cooking original family recipes that have been handed down through the generations all their lives. In Sweet Mandarin they share their knowledge, favorite recipes and cooking tips. From basic advice on Chinese cooking, including essential pieces of equipment such as a wok, cleaver and steamer to Chinese pantry ingredients and essentials, you'll soon be creating healthy and nutritious meals. Delicious recipes include Cantonese...
7) Waylaid
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As a Chinese American boy works at his parents' hotel renting out rooms to johns and hookers, he engages in a quest to lose his virginity while struggling with concepts of friendship, family, class, race, sexuality, and self-worth.
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xvii, 318 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"From rising culinary star Danny Bowien, chef and cofounder of the tremendously popular Mission Chinese Food restaurants, comes an exuberant cookbook that tells the story of an unconventional idea born in San Francisco that spread cross-country, propelled by wildly inventive recipes that have changed what it means to cook Chinese food in America"--
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239 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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"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 traditional recipes, like congee, dumplings, and bok choy stir-fry. Organized by season, you'll learn what to grow in spring and what to cook in winter"--Amazon.com.
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288 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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"An exciting and unexpected collection of 100 recipes that re-examines Chinese American food Jon Kung grew up as a "third-culture" kid: Born in Los Angeles, raised in Hong Kong and Toronto, and now living in Detroit, Jon learned to embrace his diasporic identity in the kitchen after pivoting his career from law school graduate to being a cook. When the pandemic shut down his immensely popular popup, he turned to social media-not just as a means of...
19) Chinese New Year
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48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
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304 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
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Representing the finest in cuisine from the Hunan Province of China, introduces a series of recipes--including numbing-and-hot chicken, Chairman Mao's red-braised pork, and a variety of vegetable stir-fries--along with culinary history, lore, and anecdotes.
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