Customer Reviews

Wok Cooking Made Easy: Delicious Meals in Minutes (Learn to Cook Series)

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What a delightful little cook book. It is a convenient size ( 6 x 8 inches,) and spiral bound for easy placement on your kitchen counter. Each recipe is on one page, no flipping, and a well done accompanying photograph of the meal on the opposite side. No long stories, just the facts and nothing but the facts. The recipes are clearly written with step by step instructions and ancillary notes when needed.

The recipes range form simple to fairly complex, and there is ample variety. Every meal I have cooked form this book has been delicious and ready in minutes just as the subtitle states.

Don't be fooled by the words "made easy" into thinking that this book will teach you how to buy and use a wok. The assumption is that you have acquired those skills elsewhere. For me, "made easy" means it is easy to use this book because of the way it is designed, and the way the recipes are presented.

If you enjoy Asian food, and you want to cook it at home, than I highly recommend this book. For the cook book aficionados this is a gem, and it is one that will be used, and not just read and added to the collection.

What a wonderful little Wok cookbook! I love it! Pictures are great, recipes are easy and the flavors are delicious~

Most of the recipes in this book are quite wonderful. Very tasty, very easy to create and make. But are they authentic Chinesse???? Nope... Some are halfway Chinese....some are not at all Chinese; just western interpretations of Chinese recipes. Take the fried rice recipes, for example. The book does not tell you WHICH rice to use. But you can bet your bottom dollar that the long grain brown rice I used for these recipes is NOT what makes for an authentic Chinese dish.

Still---what I created using my long-grain brown rice and the recipes herein----oh, yes, very yummy indeed. Just don't expect the results to even being to resemble anything you've eaten at your favorite Chinese restaurant.

BUT--I still recommend this book. Photos are GREAT!!!! And, sometimes photos are all you need!!!!! Plus, no shortcuts are taken the way shortcuts are taken on many websites offering Chinese sitr-fry recipes. [read: Betty Crocker who wants you to use INSTANT RICE!!!!!! YEEE GADS....COULD IT GET ANY WORSE THAN THAT----I DON'T THINK SO]

Okay....that's it. A good book. Not a great book, but for the price, a good book well-worth adding to a storehouse of Chinese cookbooks. Just don't make it your ONLY Chinese cookbook, or you'll wind up lost somewhere between the Indian Ocean and Connecticut....

We bought this cookbook when we bought our new stainless steel wok from Amazon. Since then I've purchased oriental cooking oils and new spices. This book really spiced up our healthful meals! Enjoy!

Overall a good book for your Asian collection. Not much info on fried rices. Explains Asian cooking terms...

Great little book and just exactly what I was looking for. Wanted to learn to cook with a wok and something simple and easy to understand (I am not a cook) So far I'm doing great and if this keeps up I'll start thinking I'm a chef.

This is a nice book, but not what I expected in a cookbook. It has a few nice
touches and a few easy meals, and is a basic cookbook. If this is what you are looking for (stocking stuffer etc.) then it works fine.

This book has helpful hints about wok cooking as well as a number of basic recipes that can be adapted to what you like. It has been excellent for learning to cook in a wok.

This cookbook had more unusual recipes than I anticipated from paging through online. The pictures were very good. The book was purchased as a birthday gift for my adult son who is very much involved in wok cookery and he seemed pleased with the content. Haven't had any feedback from him yet as to how these recipes are working out for him.

Haven't tried many recipes in this book yet, but it's very easy & explains the basics of wok cooking. Almost all of the sauces use the same ingredients, which does seem a bit boring, but keeps it basic.