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The Chinese Way: Healthy Low-fat Cooking from China's Regions

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No, I'm not surprised. Chef Eileen Yin-Fei Lo has a fan for life!

One would never guess that the recipes (complete with nutritional information) are "healthy".

As always, the chef explains all terms and methods in detail and the list of ingredients necessary will be helpful to beginners and those who infrequently cook Chinese.

I especially enjoy the comments at the beginning of each recipe.

The section titled "My Special Preparations" is invaluable! Here you will find recipes for almost all of the wonderful Stocks, Infused Oils, Pickled Veggies, and even Basic Rice (more difficult for some people than you might imagine!).

The recipes!! This Chef can cook! I have yet to find a recipe that I was not completely pleased with. I feel the personal touch she gives to each dish adds greatly to the over all appeal.

My favorites (at least this week) are "Steamed Duck With Pickled Peaches", Steamed Bean Curd With Shrimp, Veal Stir-Fried With Mushrooms and Tomatoes, Shrimp With Lobster Sauce, Stuffed Scallops, and Barbecued Pork Stir-Fried with Scallions.

Thank you again Chef, for another work of wonder and work of art. You *are* an artist and deserve much more praise than you seem to receive.

I have made several dishes from this cookbook and all of them have turned out great. My husband is Chinese and has not been impressed with dishes I've tried from other cookbooks, but he has really enjoyed the dishes prepared from this book. The flavors are very authentic, and not overly sweet or oily, like you normally find in restaurants.

The layout of the recipes are very easy to follow. She breaks the ingredient list into separate categories, such as "marinade", "sauce", "to complete the dish", so you can easily prepare the dish in stages.

I also like that the recipes are healthy, and I don't feel that taste is sacrificed to make the dishes healthy. She also uses many of the same ingredients throughout the book, so you'll probably need to stock your pantry with items that you'll need to go to an asian market for, but once it's stocked, you'll be set for a while.

The only modification I normally make is adding about double the meat to the dishes. Her versions are more authentic, being that in China meat is not as central to meals like it is in America, but I like having more meat.

A great book. I had been searching for an authentic Chinese cookbook for some time. I took a gamble on this book by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo, and it was a rewarding pay-off. This book has everything. Some information on the history of Chinese cooking, on buying and seasoning a wok, on steam-proofing dishes, on some of the more hard to find ingredients, and personal stories from her upbringing. Not to mention, some fantastic recipies including one I've wanted to try for some time, fish soup. While prep-work is not one of my favorite parts of cooking, (although somewhat necessary in these recipies)the reward of a fantasic dish is well worth it. Added bonuses are sections on how to properly make rice (harder than you may think), and calorie counting information for every dish. I can't wait to try some of the other books by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo. If they're 1/2 as good as this one, they already have my approval.

Eileen Yin-Fei Lo is an excellent teacher and I have several of her books, and love them all, but to be real honest, this is not a low-fat low-cal cookbook. This is a tiny portion cookbook.

At first glance her recipes seem to be low-cal, low-fat, but look again. For instance, tonight I made the pepper steak recipe. Delicious yes, but the recipe called for 4 oz. of meat and 3/4 lb. of peppers and this was supposed to feed 6 people! Maybe that would be satisfactory if you were making several dishes and soup, but for a Sunday night one pot dinner it was just enough for two, tripling the calorie and fat content listed.
Yes buy the book and cook from it, just take a real look at portions and how many a dish is supposed to feed and then ask yourself is this really going to feed my family?

We can't say enough about this book since we began cooking with it. Although it took a little time to stock our pantry with the ingredients, it was well worth the time. Thankfully we have some local Asian markets. There has yet to be a recipe that we've made that we have not thoroughly enjoyed. Surprisingly our picky 2 year old has also enjoyed the food. The book is extremely well written with straight forward step by step instructions that allow us to make exceptional cuisine. By no means does the food taste low in fat. The tastes are superb. We plan to purchase another recipe book by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo.

Love Chinese food so this book was a big help,there were no markings of any kind on the pages,shipping was fast and the book was in tip-top condition,this book is out of print and i feel lucky to get it,eat Healthy!!!!

The author was actually born in China hence her authentic recipes. Her books are a treasure and are like having a family friend giving you all their rich culinary history. We are so lucky that she writes in English.

I read that the author's husband lost 20 pounds in one month eating these recipes and 55 pounds by the time she had completed the book.