I finally made the Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs recipe that I had found in Fuchsia Dunlop’s Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook. The flavor was spot on; however, the ribs ended up a bit dry and overcooked. I found the recipe instructions to be a bit vague in terms of cooking time. In her [...]
Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs
February 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Review: Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook by Fuchsia Dunlop
January 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Amazon just sent me Fuchsia Dunlop’s Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook. This cookbook exhaustively covers Hunan cuisine. Literally. I was exhausted from reading the cookbook. The introduction? 43 pages. Four paragraphs on bean curds. Two paragraphs on garlic. It all adds up.
The first recipe is Sweet-and-Sour Spare Ribs. All [...]
Tags: Food
Review: Simple Chinese Cooking by Kylie Kwong
September 5th, 2007 · 7 Comments
I recently purchased “Simple Chinese Cooking” by Kylie Kwong and tested out some recipes. As a point of reference, I also own and use “Fragrant Harbor Taste” by Ken Hom, “Chinese Cuisine” by Huang Su-Huei (Wei-Chuan Cookbook) and Chinese Cooking at the Academy by the California Culinary Academy.
Visually Stunning. “Simple Chinese Cooking” is [...]
Tags: Food