Martin Yan's Feast: The Best of Yan Can Cook
by Martin Yan
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Author: Martin YanPhotographer: Geoffrey Nilsen
Foreword: Jacques Pepin
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-03
ISBN: 157959526X
Number of pages: 393
Publisher: Bay Books (CA)
Book Reviews of Martin Yan's Feast: The Best of Yan Can Cook
Book Review: Excellent recipes for Asian-American food
Summary: 5 Stars
In response to previous reviewers, this is not authentic Chinese food that Yan is making. That said, in reading this book I never got the impression from Yan that it was.
Yan includes recipes for many favorites that you would find in Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, and other asian restaurants in the US. These are very good. I'm not buying General Tso's chicken or Sweet and Sour chicken again in a restaurant because these recipes were so much better and easy to make (it's amazing what lychees and chili-garlic sauce add to sweet and sour chicken). There are also cute anecdotes and nice pictures for almost every dish.
If you are interested in more authentic Chinese cooking, I've found that "Chinese Cooking Made Easy: With Simple Sauces and Dressings (Wei-chuan°s cookbook)" is indispensible and I use it all the time. If you want a good cookbook for restaurant style asian food, try Martin Yan's Feast.
I haven't tried his recipes for Thai food, as I'm half-Thai and probably I wouldn't like them (too americanized), but Wei-chuan's Thai Cooking Made Easy is also really good and I've used it quite a bit.
Summary of Martin Yan's Feast: The Best of Yan Can Cook
Now in paperback comes the complete guide to Chinese cooking based on Martin Yan's popular PBS show. This encyclopedic book features Martin Yan's trademark clear and detailed guidance on Chinese cooking techniques, implements, ingredients - and of course, recipes. Using a warm, witty approach, Yan makes the mysterious accessible for novice or experienced cooks not familiar with the complexities of this cuisine. Color photographs enhance the 350 recipes which include both typical restaurant choices and homemade favorites, from Drunken Crab with Ginger-Wine Sauce and Mu Shu Vegetables, to Sunshine Soup with Dumplings, Sweet Bean Paste Puff, and Steamed Coconut-Papaya Sponge Cake.Chinese Books
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