Great Garnishes (Wei-Chuan's Cookbook) [Paperback]

Su-Huei Huang (Author), Wei-Chuan Publishing (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1990 | Series: Wei-Chuan's Cookbook

Bilingual: English and Chinese.

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Language Notes

Text: Chinese, English

About the Author

Huang Su-Huei

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Wei-Chuan Publishing (June 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941676218
• ISBN-13: 978-0941676212
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #508,235 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #99 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Cooking by Ingredient > Sauces, Salsa & Garnishes

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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and amazing, September 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Great Garnishes (Wei-Chuan's Cookbook) (Paperback)

Most of these garnishes appear to be geared towards formal banquets...they are more like works of art than mere food. Although some explanations are given on how to create these beautiful creations, I doubt that the average person could even come close. Carrots carved into dragons, miniature nature scenes, the list goes on...all gorgeous, but if you're looking for a simple "how to" book, look elsewhere.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh boy!, September 12, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Great Garnishes (Wei-Chuan's Cookbook) (Paperback)

This book is all about challenge. Carving, carving and carving. For those of you who don't have any talent for this kind of work should skip it. But it also contains a simple decoration but beautiful such as flowers pots. Professional chefs who won awards wrote this book. They are showing incredible techniques and the results are worth to keep as a house decoration! But phiew, talk about myself trying to be at least near those result probably will take zillion of practices. Some of the carvings techniques have to use your own imagination because the guidelines aren't that detail. Example, carving a monkey! This is a hard book. The pages are full with colored photos. Bottom line is that this book is for those who want to be a pro or really love challenges. But for the rest this book is worthy as a collection.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not for the pro chef, June 19, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Great Garnishes (Wei-Chuan's Cookbook) (Paperback)

the book has alot of ideas that are photographed step by step, but apart from a handful of ideas, the examples given are kitsch and outdated, great as a conversation piece at a boring home cocktail party, but for a pro chef - forgettaboutit.