Cooking with the Chinese Flavor
by Lin, Tsuifeng; Lin, Hsiangju
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Siu Lan Loh. Decorative paper covered boards with red titles, 8vo, 196 pages, illustrated with drawings by Siu Lan Loh. Ownership inscription in front free endpaper; edgeworn dust jacket with chipping at extremities, now in protective mylar cover. Authentic and diverse cookbook emphasizing making do with ingredients on hand, but reflecting the growing availability of Chinese ingredients in America at the time. Includes a section on recipes using Chinese ingredients such as "tree fungus." The authors spend several pages instructing the American cook on how to avoid overcooking vegetables, and do not include chop suey in their recipes. Contains an account of the painstaking process of recovering traditional recipes from memory.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crooked House Books & Paper (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001696
- Title
- Cooking with the Chinese Flavor
- Author
- Lin, Tsuifeng; Lin, Hsiangju
- Illustrator
- Siu Lan Loh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Prentice-Hall
- Place of Publication
- Englewood Cliffs
- Date Published
- 1956
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- TRADITIONAL CHINESE COOKERY VINTAGE COOKBOOK AUTHENTIC RECIPES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cooking;
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Crooked House Books & Paper
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Portland, Oregon
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