Yahoo

Lessons from mothers and grandmothers in three new books on Chinese cooking

In the last couple of months, three fantastic cookbooks that contextualize what it means to cook Chinese food from a second-generation perspective have been published. Taken together, they provide a ...
Seattle Times

Here’s to a better new year with a lucky vegetarian Chinese recipe — plus cooking and life lessons from a local expert

HSIAO-CHING CHOU’S parents didn’t come to the United States hoping to open a Chinese restaurant. In Taipei, her mother worked as a journalist — one who was “pretty badass, back in the ’60s,” Chou says ...
The Boston Globe

Want to learn the basics of Chinese cooking? This is the book for you.

Much like “The Joy of Cooking,” which teaches the basics, “The Chinese Way: Classic Techniques, Fresh Flavors,” by Betty Liu, is a primer for anyone wanting to master Chinese cooking. Before diving ...
The New York Times

She Taught Generations How to Wield a Wok and a Cleaver

As Michelle T. King demonstrates in this moving and ambitious biography, Fu Pei-mei was far more than “the Julia Child of Chinese cooking.” By Thessaly La Force Thessaly La Force is a freelance writer ...