Customer Reviews:
 Brilliant October 26, 2005
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I only recieved my book today and I am already inthrilled, with just a quick look through i have already gotten so many ideas. I wanted a cook book that told me how to make simple chinese dishes, and this book does just that, while also giving having more advance recipies for the more confident chef. This book is really good and explains things in simple steps, it explains how to use ingredients, and how to cook the chinese way.
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in oriental cookery.
The best book on the subject. December 28, 1998
35 out of 35 found this review helpful
Our family has used this book for Chinese cooking extensively since 1965. This is the most useful book on the market because it includes descriptions of all of the basic methods of Chinese cookery as well as complete information on buying and storing special ethnic ingredients. The recipes are simple to use and each method may be mastered in turn. If I had to choose one Chinese cookbook this would be it. In 1965, before everyone was cooking Chinese food, I went to a hardware store in New York's Chinatown to buy my basic equipment. I was carrying this book. The Chinese proprietor stopped me to say that he had just bought this book for his Americanized daughter so that she should not forget her heritage. He thought the book was that good. I do too.
Essential! February 26, 1998
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is the essential guide for anyone who wants to learn Chinese cuisine. I cannot think of any other book that is nearly as complete as this text is. Ms. Miller takes you through steaming rice to making Peking Duck. I'm buying this book for a friend, I've had my copy for years. My copy too (see review following) is spattered with soy sauce, and the margins are filled with notes. Her instructions have aided me in cooking Thai, Japanese, and Korean dishes, to name a few; since most of East Asia is within the Chinese sphere of influence. I've been a vegetarian since 1986, and though this cookbook uses meat, I rely on it as my guide. Now that I live in Taiwan, my friends are amazed at what a foreigner can cook! This book should not be missed by anyone, vegetarian or omnivore, who has an interest in Chinese and East Asian meals. Thanks Gloria! It's glorious!
A stunning achievement, Gloria got it all in one book! July 28, 1997
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Gloria Bley Miller shows her love of Chinese cuisene and its techniques throughout every page of this book. There are examples of every type of cooking along with many examples of substitutions so that you learn the art of Chinese cooking as you progress through the many recipes. I have been using this book as the mainstay of my Chinese kitchen and library. P My family and neighbors have all developed a taste for Chinese food now that I mainly cook in that tradition. Some of our Asian friends wouldn't believe at first that an American had cooked these dishes; they wanted to know who really cooked them. P So a tip of the hat and profound thanks to Gloria for introducing me to living to eat in a never ending adventure of the wonderful tastes awaiting in every menu new and old of this fascinating art of cooking that has spanned centuries in development. P If I could only keep one book in my cooking library, this would be it. Not just for all the valuable information in the book, but also for the fact that Gloria is a great teacher , in that the information and experience end up in your own cooking. P This is the only one out of many Chinese cookbooks I now have where all the pages are falling out from heavy use. I almost hate to buy a new one, this one is like an old friend and has notes on many of the pages.
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