This book is a treasure. It delights the eyes with its beautiful photographs of rural China; it delights the spirit with its thoughtful exploration of Chinese culinary tradition; it delights the mind with careful teachings on the important ingredients and methods of Chinese cookery, and finally it delights the tongue with foods that are healthy, nourishing and fantastically pleasing to the palate. In short, I love this book.



Steamed chicken with ginger scallion sauce, red cooked tofu, stir fried corn, gaozi dumpling soup, farmhouse chive and egg omelets, and many more I have now made so many times, over the course of a decade (or more) that I know them by heart, yet still I pull this book down off my shelf to revisit it like and old friend.



Track down a copy of this beautiful book and explore it slowly. You will never regret your decision, a cookbook cannot be any better. Aloha!