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Chopsticks, Cleaver, and Wok: Homestyle Chinese Cooking

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If you want a great basic Chinese cookbook that really captures the flavor of Chinese restaurant food (the takeout kind, not the really elegant kind), this is the book for you. In a few easy steps with a few easy to get ingredients you will be turning out fabulous beef with oyster sauce, Mongolian beef, Cashew Chicken, Chicken with Broccoli, and more. While there are Vegetarian items, most of the dishes use meat.

However, it takes under 5 minutes to make most of these recipes, so it is perfect for busy people who are addicted to Chinese food

I've been collecting cookbooks (and using them!) for 40 years. I've probably used over 1000 cookbooks--always looking for excellent recipes to add to my repetoire.

Chopsticks, Cleaver, and Wok is the best cookbook I've ever used. Most cookbooks have only one or two, or sometimes a few, recipes that I end up liking. Nine out of ten of Ms. Low's recipes are superior--she really knows what she's doing! This is, to me, the greatest cookbook there is.

I have owned this book for over 20 years. I have used it so much, mine is falling apart, so I am replacing it! If you want easy to follow recipe's and clear techniques, this is the book to own. When it's my turn to do the Holiday cooking, everyone requests Chinese over Turkey. It's easy to adapt your own style of cooking with the recipes in this book. This is a must have for your cookbook library.

I took Jennie's cooking classes over 20 years ago when I lived in California, and bought this book directly from Jenny. I am a cookbook collector, and this is the ONLY Chinese cookbook I ever use. All of the recipies work and the instructions are complete and easy to follow. My old copy is falling apart and I was delighted to see this book carried by Amazon, and it sounds like it has been updated and recipies added.

My wife and I bought this book soon after we got married and have used it extensively. Without any previous experience we were able to make good chinese food (as far as we know) on the first try. There is a wide range of dishes as far as spice level, flavor and ingredients. We are not able to do some recipes because we do not have certain materials, a "fire pot" for instance.

This cookbook is a great start for beginning chinese cooking. You learn all you need to know about preparation,ingredients and brand name condiments that you'll need to buy. The recipies for the most part are easy to make and require few ingredients. Try Jennie's Pan Fried Chicken. Delicious!

I was looking for this book for a long time until I thought of using Amazon online. This book was so helpful to me when I was a young newlywed. In moving around a lot, I lost my original copy. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning how to cook Chinese food. It is written in simple and easy to follow directions.

My husband and I bought this book on a whim 10 years ago and still cook every week from it. We have purchased copies for everyone in our family so that they would stop taking our copy. VERY simple TASTY recipes. Great to cook together with a spouse, date or guests. Great for entertaining.

I bought Jennie's original edition of this in 1974, to carry with me to the cooking class she taught at the Berkley Coop. The recipes here are so great at recreating the flavors of Chinese food that are so hard for the western cook to capture in the home kitchen. There are a lot of Chinese cookbooks that have come on the market since then, but this one is still the best.

This is the best Chinese recipe book Ive found so far! the recipes are all really simple and Jennie Low gives great tips and advice in the beginning!