If you are interested in Chinese cooking or seeing how you can use food to help keep your body healthy, or even use food to help treat common ailments, this Chinese recipe book can help.The book includes basic information about Chinese Medicine, along with authentic Chinese recipes and a section on how to select which recipe for which medical condition.
I have enjoyed the book and learning about different Chinese herbs and ingredients and learning about different ingredients. Many of the ingredients I had only heard of but had no experience or knowledge in how to cook them or use them. The information about these foreign sounding ingredients was easily explained along with where someone could purchase these items.
My only hesitation in purchasing the book has been the type of book to buy. I bought this as an electronic book for my Kindle and have come to realize this type of book, a reference book, works better in a hard copy format.
In a hard copy you can easily thumb through the pages and go to any section of the book. In an electronic book, such as the Kindle, if you are reading what recipes work best for the common cold, for example, and the book says "Flu Season Soup, go to page 92", you can't flip to page 92. You push a few buttons to get to the "go to section", enter page 92 and it takes the reader back to page 92 of the Kindle. Page 92 of the Kindle for someone like me using a large font so I can see the text, is not the same page as is in the hard copy version.
Needless to say, I still liked the book and would recommend it as a good place to start learning about Chinese ingredients, recipes, and how to use the ingredients in different concoctions to improve ones health.
Look at you! So excited you're going to try the whole cooking thing. Maybe you might inspire me.
ReplyDeleteWe still need to go on our field trip to a Chinese herb shop. Perhaps, we can go throw in a trip to 99 Ranch to get ingredients for you latest cooking adventure while we're at it.
Let's do it! I will need emotional support in this new discovery and adventure beyond salt and pepper. :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm game. Just propose when. I think a trip to the Pacific East Mall in El Cerrito should be interesting. Not only do they have a 99 Ranch grocery story with ingredients for all your new TCM-inspired recipes, but there are at least two Chinese herb stores. One is very Anglo-friendly, but doesn't quite have the selection of the one next store with the old grim Chinese dude in front of his apothecary of herbs, bugs, etc. We might have to work our way up to that shop.
ReplyDeleteLazyBuddhist...Excellent recommendation. I'll ping you with some date options.
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