YU, Ling. Cooking the Chinese way; rev. & expanded ed - Book Review

Kliatt, Jan, 2002 by Shirley Reis

(Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks). Lerner, First Avenue Editions. 72p. illus. index. c2002. 0-8225-4160-2. $$7.95. JSA

Seventeen different recipes, many illustrated with color photos, are included in this excellent book. An introductory section provides information about the country, holidays, cooking techniques, how to eat with chopsticks, and regions of China. The same basic section that is in other titles of this series provides excellent information for the beginner cook. Two sample menus along with shopping lists make meal planning easy. The recipes in this cookbook feature ingredients that are found in most supermarkets, not requiring a trip to a specialty store. Recipes include all aspects of dining: Egg Flower Soup, Shrimp with Hoisin Sauce, Bean Sprouts with Scallions, and Fortune Cookies, among others. This will be an excellent resource for not only beginning cooks, but school media centers. Shirley Reis, IMC Dir., Lake Shore M.S., Mequon, WI