A guide to Chinese cooking, describing the appearance, preparation, and medicinal and culinary uses of over one hundred ingredients; and featuring two hundred recipes for vegetables, fish, seafood, tofu, and Chinese drinks.
Presents, in English and Spanish, the story of a boy from New Mexico who decides to dig a hole to China so he can have egg rolls and chow mein instead of rice and beans and tortillas.
A collection of recipes for Chinese dishes that children can make such as Sticky Sesame Wings, Dim Sum Dumplings, and Fortune Cookies. Each recipe includes a list of ingredients and tools and step-by-step instructions with illustrations.
Left alone to prepare their family's prize-winning dumplings for the annual cooking contest, the young Kang boys accidentally invent a new dish, "mian tiao," or noodles. Includes a cultural note and a recipe for long life noodles.