Ellen Blonder

Wonderful book. Well-written, clear directions, beautiful but not intimidating illustrations, very much for the home cook. Everything I've loved in dim sum restaurants is here, a wide variety of dumplings, steamed buns, stuffed eggplant... Dumplings can be a lot of work, for sure, but as the author points out, they also freeze well, so you can collect an assortment of things that way rather than making yourself crazy trying to do many dishes in a day or two. A very pleasant cookbook for a show more fantasy read, or for those who enjoy sitting down with a friend to put together some trays of tasty little things to eat now and later. Fun with kids too, it's amazing the creative dumpling shapes that will hold together when cooked. show less

If I were ever to attempt cooking Chinese food at home, I would start by trying some of the recipes in this book. The authors share anecdotes about coming to America and how their families adapted their cooking to the ingredients available here. The stories give a taste of Chinese-American live and the recipes in between are less complicated that what I've seen in other Asian cookbooks.

Short book very good for baby storyhour. Breakfast is described using simple onomatapeia which makes for a fun read. "The bacon sizzles" etc.

I have not tried a recipe yet but my son has marked a dozen of them for me. The illustrations alone captured me immediately.