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Title: Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook: Recipes from Hunan Province
ISBN: 0393062228
Author:
Fuchsia Dunlop
Publicate Date: 2007-02-12
Publish: 2007-02-12
List Price: $29.95
Average Customer Rating: 5.0
Format: Hardcover
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1: Valuable Hunanese Resource
I have been a fan of cooking Hunanese food since the 1970's, when I learned what I know from Henry Chung and the cooks at the Hunan restaurant in San Francisco.
This book is very true to what I have learned about Hunanese food, and contains quite a number of really good recipes. It is also very attractively presented. As far as I know, it is by far the best currently available source of information on this wonderful regional cuisine.
As an aside, I would like to suggest that, if you can find a copy of Henry's book, which is long out of print, it is an excellent companion to this one.
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2: The most authentic Hunan style recipes I've find - and okay, the only ones too
I lived in Hunan Province for one year and returned to the states missing all the delicious Hunan food since it's so hard to come by in restaurants. Now my stomach is happy once again. It has so many of my old favorites and english language explanations for the ingredients and directions. I'm thrilled to have this book and to be able to use the recipies. Thank you Fuschia!
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3: Yummy
We enjoyed eating and making the recipes in this book.
A warning though, the food is very much like what you would find in the homes of those in China. Do not expect it to taste like the food found in an American Chinese restaurant.
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4: This Is The Credited Response
I am originally from Hunan and loved its food when I was there. The recipes here are (brace for cliche) AUTHENTIC, insofar as reading these pages brings me to these very dishes experientially.
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5: A 'must' for any serious collection offering Chinese cookbooks beyond one or two basics.
The tastes and influence of the Hunan region of China are fully explored in Fuchsia Dunlop's Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook, which provides over a hundred dishes easy to make and accompanied by color photos and stories from the province. Dishes come with historical introduction, many a cultural insight, and the author's own experiences discovering and cooking the dish: all these factors make for a fine and well-rounded cookbook which goes far beyond the usual light Hunan coverage to probe the depth of Chinese culture and cuisine, making it a 'must' for any serious collection offering Chinese cookbooks beyond one or two basics.
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