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.
Title: Cooking with the Chinese Flavor
Illustrator: Siu Lan Loh
Location Published: Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall: 1956
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Type: Hardcover
Categories: Cooking
Seller ID: 001696
Keywords: traditional chinese cookery vintage cookbook authentic recipes