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Chinese- Silk Series

Modern and Traditional Chinese Cuisine

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ISBN
9781742575537

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By Linda Ling
Format Hardback
Page Extent 192
Book Size 204 x 161 x 23 mm (H x W x D)
Imprint New Holland Publishers
Release Date 1 Jul 2014
Subject Classification Cookery / food & drink etc / National & regional cuisine
The Chinese have a joke about the residents of Canton, otherwise known as Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province.
They claim that the Cantonese will eat anything which flies, except a plane, and anything on four legs, except a table.
This book is not about eating China s many strange delicacies such as monkey brains, ox penises, fish eyes, bird saliva, rooster feet, jellyfish, sea cucumbers, snails or snakes!
While China offers up to 11 distinctive cuisines, the following four are the most popular:
- Beijing cuisine, incorporating also the Shandong, Anhui and Mongolian cuisines
- Szechuan and Hunan
- Cantonese
- Shanghaiese
Chinese offers a large range of recipes from the abovementioned most popular. Appetisers and snacks, soups, mains, meat and vegeta