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Authentic Recipes from China (Authentic Recipes Series)

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This book is on of several in the 'Authentic recipes from...' series. I own several of these and like the series as a whole. This is not the best of the lot but it is still nice to flip through and would be a good starting place for novices to Chinese cookery. There are lots of nice photographs, some good introductory material and a few recipes that go beyond those usually in simple overviews of Chinese cuisine. Good value overall.

If you like periplus cookbooks and already own "the food of" version of this book, then reconsider buying this one. The new "authentic recipes from" series is just a rehash of the "food of series" with a few subtle changes such as relacing obscure recipes with more recognisable ones, bigger font and format, less on the history and some updated pictures.

Overall I kind of like the recipes in the new books more as there is less filler and odd recipes, but I do like the layout and format of the older hardcover "food of" books. So if you own "the food of" and want to get this book, be prepared to sell it off as you will only end up doubling up 90% of recipes between the 2.

I first noticed this cookbook in the Beijing airport. I was happy to find this cookbook on Amazon. The recipe for hot and sour soup is great. There are a lot of pictures, which I find helpful because I'm still learning how to cook Chinese dishes. The cookbook is only 120 pages or so, but the recipes it includes are the ones I wanted to find in a Chinese cookbook, so I don't mind that it's short. I highly recommend this cookbook.

I was very pleased with the delivery and condition of the Chinese cook book I purchased from this seller. I would certainly buy from this seller again.