The wisdom of the Chinese kitchen : classic family recipes for celebration and healing / Grace Young ; [photography by Alan Richardson].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Grace, 1956-

Contributor:

Laurie Burrows Grad Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking, Chinese.

Penn Provenance:

Grad, Laurie Burrows (donor)

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor) (Blank Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxii, 282 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : photographs (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, [1999]

Summary:

Here are 140 classic Cantonese recipes--handed down with their importance to health and prosperity. of color photos and 35 b&w photos. 2-color throughout.

Contents:

Remember China, Nan Chung xix

Mastering the Fundamentals

The Meaning of Rice 3

Steamed Rice 7

Flavored Sweet Rice 8

Fried Rice 9

Tender Chicken on Rice 10

Tender Beef on Rice 12

Chicken Porridge 13

Stir-Fried Frog on Rice 14

Savory Rice Dumplings 16

Peanut Rice Dumplings 18

The Breath of a Wok 20

Chicken with Cashews 24

Tomato Beef 25

Stir-Fried Chicken with Baby Corn and Straw Mushrooms 26

Stir-Fried Eggs with Barbecued Pork 27

Baba's Stir-Fried Butterfly Fish and Bean Sprouts 28

Stir-Fried Asparagus with Shrimp 29

Stir-Fried Squid 30

Beef Chow Fun 31

Singapore Rice Noodles 32

The Art of Steaming 33

Steamed Oyster and Water Chestnut Pork Cake 37

Steamed Pork Cake with Salted Duck Egg 38

Steamed Egg Custard 39

Steamed Tangerine Beef 40

Steamed Spareribs with Black Bean Sauce 41

Steamed Spareribs with Plum Sauce 42

Steamed Sole with Black Bean Sauce 43

Steamed Chicken with Lily Buds, Cloud Ears, and Mushrooms 44

Steamed Rock Cod 45

Steamed Sponge Cake 46

Shreds of Ginger Like Blades of Grass 47

Fried White Fish 51

Drunken Chicken 52

Braised Beef 54

Braised Sweet and Sour Spareribs 55

Nom Yu Spareribs 56

Lemongrass Pork Chops 57

Rock Sugar Ginger Chicken 58

Lemon Chicken 59

Seafood Sandpot 60

Sandpot Braised Lamb 62

Chestnuts and Mushrooms Braised with Chicken 64

Chicken and Corn Soup 65

Seafood Noodle Soup 66

Clear Soup Noodles 67

Fuzzy Melon Soup 68

Cabbage Noodle Soup 69

Family-Style Winter Melon Soup 70

Hot-and-Sour Soup 71

Sweetened Tofu Soup 72

Going to Market with Mama 73

Shrimp with Spinach and Tofu 77

Braised Mushrooms 78

Braised Cabbage and Mushrooms 79

Sprouting Soybeans 80

Grandfather's Stir-Fried Soybean Sprouts 82

Stir-Fried Bean Sprouts and Yellow Chives 83

Lotus Root Stir-Fry 84

Stir-Fried Egg and Chinese Chives 85

Stir-Fried Five Spice Tofu and Vegetables 86

Stir-Fried Chinese Broccoli 87

Stir-Fried Chinese Broccoli and Bacon 88

Braised Taro and Chinese Bacon 89

Stir-Fried Long Beans with Red Bell Peppers 90

Long Bean Stir-Fry 91

Stir-Fried Amaranth 92

Stir-Fried Water Spinach 93

Stir-Fried Cloud Ears and Luffa 94

Eggplant in Garlic Sauce 95

Stir-Fried Bitter Melon and Beef 96

Vegetable Lo Mein 97

Stuffed Fuzzy Melon 98

Braised Fuzzy Melon with Scallops 99

Cooking as a Meditation 100

The Art of Celebration

The Good Omen of a Fighting Fish 103

Poached Steelhead Fish 108

Stir-Fried Bok Choy 109

White-Cut Chicken 110

Stir-Fried Clams in Black Bean Sauce 111

Stir-Fried Snow Pea Shoots 112

Glazed Roast Squab 113

Shark's Fin Soup 114

Oyster-Vegetable Lettuce Wraps 116

Stir-Fried Garlic Lettuce 117

Pepper and Salt Shrimp 118

Sweet and Sour Pork 119

Eight Precious Sweet Rice 120

Stir-Fried Scallops with Snow Peas and Peppers 122

New Year's Foods and Traditions 123

Buddha's Delight 126

Turnip Cake 128

Taro Root Cake 130

New Year's Cake 132

Water Chestnut Cake 134

Nom Yu Peanuts 136

Candied Walnuts 137

Sesame Balls 138

Sweetened Red Bean Paste 139

A Day Lived as if in China 140

Fancy Winter Melon Soup 143

West Lake Duck 146

Braised Nom Yu and Taro Duck 148

Stuffed Chicken Wings 150

Savory Rice Tamales 152

Sweet Rice Tamales 154

Pork Dumplings 156

Won Ton 158

Pot Stickers 160

Shrimp Dumplings 162

Stuffed Noodle Rolls 164

Spring Rolls 166

Scallion Cakes 168

Dutiful Daughter Returns Home 170

Salt-Roasted Chicken 173

Soy Sauce Chicken 174

Chinese Barbecued Pork 176

Barbecued Spareribs 178

Roast Duck 180

Chinese Bacon 182

Uncle Tommy's Roast Turkey 184

Mama's Rice Stuffing 186

Turkey Porridge 188

Achieving Yin-Yang Harmony

Cooking as a Healing Art 191

Walnut Soup 196

Green Mung Bean Soup 197

Foxnut Soup 198

Sesame Tong Shui 199

Lotus Seed "Tea" 200

Sweetened Red Bean Soup 201

Peanut Soup 202

Almond Soup 203

Dried Sweet Potato Soup 204

Sweet Potato and Lotus Seed Soup 205

Dragon Eye and Lotus Seed "Tea" 206

Double-Steamed Papaya and Snow Fungus Soup 207

Double-Steamed Asian Pears 208

Homemade Soy Milk 209

Savory Soy Milk 210

Fresh Fig and Honey Date Soup 211

Soybean and Sparerib Soup 212

Dried Fig Apple, and Almond Soup 213

Ching Bo Leung Soup 214

Green Turnip Soup 215

Four Flavors Soup 216

Chayote Carrot Soup 217

Watercress Soup 218

Yen Yen's Winter Melon Soup 219

Herbal Winter Melon Soup 220

Mustard Green Soup 221

Gingko Nut Porridge 222

Snow Fungus Soup 224

American Ginseng Chicken Soup 225

Baba's Mama's Dong Quai and Restorative Foods 226

Dong Quai Soup 230

Lotus Root Soup 231

Korean Ginseng Soup 232

Homemade Chicken Broth 234

Double-Steamed Black Chicken Soup 235

Chicken Wine Soup 236

Pickled Pig's Feet 238

Beef and White Turnip Soup 240.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Laurie Burrows Grad.

Blank Collection copy has dust-jacket retained.

Blank Collection copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

ISBN:

0684847396

OCLC:

40159096

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