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The Chinese takeout cookbook : quick and easy dishes to prepare at home / Diana Kuan. --
Record details
- ISBN: 034552912X
- ISBN: 9780345529121
- Physical Description: xii, 189 p. : col. ill.
- Edition: 1st ed. --
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, c2012.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]) and index. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 35.00 |
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| Subject: | Cooking, Chinese. Quick and easy cooking. Cookbooks. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 641.5951 Kua | 31681002606838 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Provides popular Chinese takeout recipes for appetizers, soups, main courses, noodle and rice dishes, and desserts. - Baker & Taylor
From General Tso's to Hot and Sour Soup to Sesame Chicken, this cookbook, filled with an abundance of exotic flavors, serves up 100 classic Chinese take-out dishes and Chinatown favorites, and explores the cultural history and influence of Chinese food in America. 30,000 first printing. - Random House, Inc.
Americaâs love affair with Chinese food dates back more than a century. Today, such dishes as General Tsoâs Chicken, Sweet and Sour Pork, and Egg Rolls are as common as hamburgers and spaghetti. Probably at this moment, a drawer in your kitchen is stuffed with Chinese takeout menus, soy sauce packets, and wooden chopsticks, right?
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But what if you didnât have to eat your favorites out of a container?Â
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In The Chinese Takeout Cookbook, Chinese food blogger and cooking instructor Diana Kuan brings Chinatown to your home with this amazing collection of more than eighty popular Chinese takeout recipesâappetizers, main courses, noodle and rice dishes, and dessertsâall easy-to-prepare and MSG-free. Plus youâll discover how to
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⢠stock your pantry with ingredients you can find at your local supermarket
⢠season and master a wok for all your Chinese cooking needs
⢠prepare the flavor trifecta of Chinese cuisineâginger, garlic, and scallions
⢠wrap egg rolls, dumplings, and wontons like a pro
⢠steam fish to perfection every time
⢠create vegetarian variations that will please everyoneâs palate
⢠whip up delectable sweet treats in time for the Chinese New Year
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The Chinese Takeout Cookbook also features mouthwatering color photos throughout as well as sidebars that highlight helpful notes, including how to freeze and recook dumplings; cooking tidbits, such as how to kick up your dish with a bit of heat; and the history behind some of your favorite comfort foods, including the curious New York invention of the pastrami egg roll and the influence of Tiki culture on Chinese cuisine. So, put down that takeout menu, grab the wok, and letâs get cooking!
Here for the first timeâin one fun, easy, and tasty collectionâare more than 80 favorite Chinese restaurant dishes to make right in your own kitchen:
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⢠Cold Sesame Noodles
⢠Kung Pao Chicken
⢠Classic Barbecue Spareribs
⢠Beef Chow Fun
⢠Homemade Chili Oil
⢠Hot and Sour Soup
⢠Chinatown Roast Duck
⢠Moo Shu Pork
⢠Dry-Fried String Beans
⢠Black Sesame Ice Cream
⢠And of course, perfectly fried Pork and Shrimp Egg Rolls!
âDiana Kuan chronicles Americaâs love affair with Chinese food. The Chinese Takeout Cookbook is the perfect reason to throw out those menus cluttering your kitchen drawers!ââPatricia Tanumihardja, author of The Asian Grandmothers Cookbook
