At Home with Chinese Cuisine

Description

Chinese Cuisine is among the world's most sophisticated and diverse. Its subtlety and cultural dimension go far beyond what is revealed by Chinese takeaways. Few in the West seem to have more than a superficial awareness of a few spicy or sweet and sour dishes. Even fewer seem at home with cooking Chinese. This book is aimed at demystifying Chinese food preparation and show how straightforward preparing classic Chinese dishes can be. Readers are invited to play with knife, flame, and the blending of tastes, and to adapt and adopt recipes to suit the individual palate. It also serves as a culinary map and common culinary language guide for food lovers to explore Chinese cuisine in the borderless world of culinary heritage. The Chinese love food and enjoy talking about it. Dinner table diplomacy has long been part and parcel of the culinary culture. This book is an excellent source of reference for understanding the Chinese culinary heritage so as to be able to appreciate and discuss the flavour of the food. And it will facilitate relationship building