Authentic Recipes of China
Author: Kenneth Law
The cuisine of China is widely regarded as one of the finest in the world. This collection of recipes, gathered from the top kitchens of this vast country, presents an exciting range of regional dishes. Included are spicy Sichuan favorites, refined dishes fit for an emperor's table, robust Mongolian fare, and creative Cantonese cuisine. An extensive array of popular foods including appetizers, dips, soups, noodles, and rice dishes enables the reader to participate in China's fascinating history and fast-paced modern era.
Table of Contents:
| Food in China | 5 | |
| All the Tea in China | 11 | |
| The Emperor's Banquet | 12 | |
| Cooking and Eating Chinese | 15 | |
| Authentic Chinese Ingredients | 18 | |
| Basic Recipes | ||
| Hunan Chili Relish | 23 | |
| Pickled Daikon and Carrot | 23 | |
| Pickled Green Chili | 24 | |
| Marinated Broccoli Stems | 24 | |
| Marinated Cucumber | 24 | |
| Pickled Garlic | 24 | |
| Spicy Cabbage Pickles | 24 | |
| Ginger Garlic Sauce | 24 | |
| Chili Garlic Sauce | 25 | |
| Ginger and Soy Dip | 25 | |
| Ginger Black Vinegar Dip | 25 | |
| Sesame Sauce | 25 | |
| Hot Soy Dipping Sauce | 25 | |
| Homemade Chicken Stock | 25 | |
| Homemade Vegetable Stock | 25 | |
| Appetizers | ||
| Pork Dumplings in Hot Sauce | 27 | |
| Steamed Vegetable Dumplings with Black Vinegar Sauce | 28 | |
| Lettuce Cups with Mushrooms and Tofu | 29 | |
| Classic Egg Rolls | 31 | |
| Fresh Spring Rolls | 32 | |
| Crispy Shrimp Toast | 34 | |
| Shrimp and Crab Tofu Skin Rolls | 36 | |
| Yunnan Ham Pastries | 36 | |
| Barbecued Pork | 39 | |
| Drunken Chicken | 39 | |
| Crispy Fried Tofu | 39 | |
| Soups | ||
| Hot and Sour Soup | 41 | |
| Sweet Corn and Crab Chowder | 42 | |
| Tofu and Spinach Soup | 42 | |
| Egg Drop Soup | 42 | |
| Fragrant Beef Noodle Soup | 44 | |
| Delicate White Fish Soup | 47 | |
| Chicken and Ginseng Soup | 47 | |
| Winter Melon Soup | 49 | |
| Rice and Noodles | ||
| Classic Fried Rice | 50 | |
| Vegetarian Fried Rice | 50 | |
| Stir-fried Rice Vermicelli | 52 | |
| Longevity Noodles | 53 | |
| Stir-fried Noodles with Shrimp and Pork | 55 | |
| Chilled Summer Noodles | 56 | |
| Hot and Spicy Sichuan Noodles | 59 | |
| Vegetables and Tofu | ||
| Fragrant Sichuan Eggplant | 60 | |
| Stir-fried Vegetables | 60 | |
| Stir-fried Chinese Broccoli with Beef | 62 | |
| Hoisin-glazed Green Beans | 63 | |
| Crunchy and Tangy Fresh Lotus Root Salad | 64 | |
| Hot and Sour Chinese Cabbage | 65 | |
| Tofu-stuffed Vegetables | 66 | |
| Quick Asparagus | 66 | |
| Ma Po Tofu | 69 | |
| Poultry | ||
| Black Bean Chicken | 70 | |
| Hunan Chicken Salad | 71 | |
| Fried Chicken in a Tangy Hot Sauce | 72 | |
| Braised Chicken Wings in Plum Orange Sauce | 73 | |
| Kung Bao Chicken with Dried Chilies | 75 | |
| Sweet and Sour Shandong Chicken | 76 | |
| Tea-smoked Duck | 79 | |
| Steamed Buns | 79 | |
| Beggar's Chicken | 81 | |
| Meat | ||
| Twice-cooked Pork with Peppers | 82 | |
| Beef with Black Pepper | 83 | |
| Mongolian Lamb Hotpot | 85 | |
| Sweet and Sour Pork | 86 | |
| Beef with Sesame Seeds | 89 | |
| Seafood | ||
| Red-braised Fish | 90 | |
| Ginger-seasoned Fish with Carrots, Bamboo Shoots and Celery | 91 | |
| Stir-fried Shrimp or Lobster with Chili Sauce | 93 | |
| Shrimp with Vegetables and Ham | 94 | |
| Wok-seared Sesame Scallops | 96 | |
| Steamed Mussels, Clams or Oysters with Garlic | 97 | |
| Ginger-poached Trout or Seabass | 98 | |
| Sweet Black Bean and Sesame Squid | 101 | |
| Salt and Pepper Squid | 101 | |
| Desserts | ||
| Iced Almond Jelly with Lychees | 102 | |
| Banana Fritters | 103 | |
| Candied Apples | 104 | |
| Mango Pudding | 107 | |
| Sweet Rice Dumplings | 107 | |
| Sweet Red Bean Soup with Lotus Seeds | 108 | |
| Sweet Red Bean Pancakes | 108 | |
| Measurements and conversions | 110 | |
| Index of recipes | 111 |
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Travels with Barley: A JourneyThrough Beer Culture in America
Author: Ken Wells
Do beer yeast rustlers really exist? Who patented the Beer Goddess? How can you tell a Beer Geek from a Beer Nazi? Where exactly is Beervana? Does Big Beer hate Little Beer?
Ken Wells, a novelist, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and longtime Wall Street Journal writer, answers these questions and more by bringing a keen eye and prodigious reportage to the people and passions that have propelled beer into America's favorite alcoholic beverage and the beer industry into a $75 billion commercial juggernaut, not to mention a potent force in American culture.
Travels with Barley is a lively, literate tour through the precincts of the beer makers, sellers, drinkers, and thinkers who collectively drive the mighty River of Beer onward. The heart of the book is a journey along the Mississippi River, from Minnesota to Louisiana, in a quixotic search for the Perfect Beer Joint -- a journey that turns out to be the perfect pretext for viewing America through the prism of a beer glass. Along the river, you'll visit the beer bar once owned by the brewer Al Capone, glide by The World's Largest Six Pack, and check into Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel to plumb the surprisingly controversial question of whether Elvis actually drank beer. But the trip also includes numerous detours up quirky tributaries, among them: a visit to an Extreme Beer maker in Delaware with ambitions to make 50-proof brew, a look at the murky world of beer yeast rustlers in California, and a journey to the portals of ultimate beer power at the Anheuser-Busch plant in St. Louis, where making the grade as a Clydesdale draft horse is harder than you might imagine. Entertaining, enlightening, and written with Wells'strademark verve, Travels with Barley is a perfect gift -- not just for America's 84 million beer enthusiasts, but for all discerning readers of flavorful nonfiction.
Publishers Weekly
Thoreau said, "The tavern will compare favorably with the church." Following this premise rather closely, longtime Wall Street Journal writer and novelist Wells (Junior's Leg) searches for his preferred house of worship: the "perfect beer joint." Setting out to follow the Mississippi River, Wells writes, "I would begin in Minnesota among folk who, geographically speaking, are practically Canadians and by reputation descended from good beer-drinking Swedes and Germans. I would slide down soon enough into the Great Beer Belly of America, for, by lore at least, Midwesterners are presumed to be the mightiest of U.S. beer drinkers." Full of profundities ("One thing you can say about lagers: the good ones don't make you work very hard to like them"), the book also lends historical, scientific and cultural insights into the $75 billion industry-from the likes of beer behemoths like Budweiser to newfangled Extreme Beer, which has bottle values comparable to fine Bordeaux. Along the way, Wells encounters quirky characters, and the pages he devotes to describing brewers, bar proprietors, bartenders and plain ol' beer drinkers prove he's more interested in beer people (84 million Americans drink beer) than the industry itself. Wells's storytelling abilities complement his journalist's eye for stats and facts, making this a humorous, lively and informational tour. (Oct.) Forecast: This work is especially well suited for home brewers and literary-minded beer enthusiasts, but it's a fun book for anyone interested in American popular culture. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
Kirkus Reviews
"America's great middlebrow social elixir, and inseparable companion to the sporting and spectator life, the portal to first intoxication, the workingman's Valium, and a leavening staple to the college experience" finds a worthy explicator of its whys and wherefores. Wells (Logan's Storm, 2002, etc.) likes a glass of beer, and though he's not undiscerning, he's no snob either. "I grew up with people who knew only three categories of bad beer: warm beer, flat beer, and, worst, no beer at all." Wells's mission here is not to anoint the best beer ("the appreciation of one doesn't require me to vilify the others"), but rather to gather a sense of how beer fits into the American everyday, "to gain a view of America through the prism of the beer glass." And while he's at it, he might as well suss out the finest watering holes along the length of the Mississippi River. Wells doesn't trust the homogenization of longitude, but prefers the variety of latitude. He can't explain how the Big Three (Anheuser-Busch, Miller, and Coors) got so big, except that an ice-cold lager on a hot day can't be beat . . . and their bosomy advertising garners admirers. But Wells will also be sampling Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA and Blackened Voodoo as he explores the history of beer and the cultural geography of the towns that hug the great river and its tributaries. Then, with a reporter's nose, he seeks stories: one bar features a mullet toss, another sponsors a 5-K race with a beer stop at the half point. Wells gets literary-Shakespeare figures in, as do Chaucer, Joyce, and Thoreau ("The tavern will compare favorably with the church")-but he is happiest bellying-up with his nose to the wind. In the newspaper worldthey call it "reporting from the mahogany ridge," where so many fine stories, social truths, and bits of political wisdom are revealed. Agents: Tim Seldes/Russell & Volkening; Joe Regal/Regal Literary
What People Are Saying
Michael Lewis
Any author who can talk his publisher into paying for him to drink his way across America deserves to be taken seriously. And sure enough, Travels With Barley is a joy. It will inspire readers everywhere to remain sober until they've finished.
—Author of Liar's Poker and The New New Thing
Dave Barry
I highly recommend this (burrrrp) book.
Michael Jackson
Deep down, all guys are searching for the Perfect Beer Joint. Ken Wells was a late starter but he has grasped the principles: A pint to procrastinate; don't drink to forget--drink to remember; drink to digress. Travels with Barley is a keen elucidation of beer and the passions that surround it, and Wells digresses with real flair.
—The Beer Hunter
Julie Johnson Bradford
Ken Wells is the engaging Everyman of beer...but his quest to find Perfect Beer Joint delivers more than beer: Travels with Barley is a perceptive and affectionate essay on everyday American culture through the lens of a beer glass.
—Editor, All About Beer magazine
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