When Grace Young was a child, her father instilled in her a lasting appreciation of "wok hay, " the highly prized but elusive taste that food achieves when properly stir-fried in a wok. As an adult, Young aspired to create that taste in her own kitchen. Her quest to master wok cooking led her throughout the United States, Hong Kong, and mainland China. Along with award-winning photographer Alan Richardson, Young sought the advice of home cooks, professional chefs, and esteemed culinary teachers like Cecilia Chiang, Florence Lin, and Ken Hom. Their instructions, stories, and recipes, gathered in this richly designed and illustrated volume, offer not only expert lessons in the art of wok cooking, but also capture a beautiful and timeless way of life.
With its emphasis on cooking with all the senses, "The Breath of a Wok" brings the techniques and flavors of old-world wok cooking into today's kitchen, enabling anyone to stir-fry with "wok hay." IACP award-winner Young details the fundamentals of selecting, seasoning, and caring for a wok, as well as the range of the wok's uses; this surprisingly inexpensive utensil serves as the ultimate multipurpose kitchen tool. The 125 recipes are a testament to the versatility of the wok, with stir-fried, smoked, pan-fried, braised, boiled, poached, steamed, and deep-fried dishes that include not only the classics of wok cooking, like Kung Pao Chicken and Moo Shoo Pork, but also unusual dishes like Sizzling Pepper and Salt Shrimp, Three Teacup Chicken, and Scallion and Ginger Lo Mein. Young's elegant prose and Richardson's extraordinary photographs create a unique and unforgettable picture of artisan wok makers in mainland China, street markets in Hong Kong, and a "wok-a-thon" in which Young's family of aunties, uncles, and cousins cooks together in a lively exchange of recipes and stories. A visit with author Amy Tan also becomes a family event when Tan and her sisters prepare New Year's dumplings. Additionally, there are menus for family-style meals and for Chinese New Year festivities, an illustrated glossary, and a source guide to purchasing ingredients, woks, and accessories.
Written with the intimacy of a memoir and the immediacy of a travelogue, this recipe-rich volume is a celebration of cultural and culinary delights.

AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4'S HIT TV SERIES ESCAPE TO THE CHATEAU 'The Vintage Tea Party helps you plan not only stunning recipes for all sorts of delicious treats but also gives you countless styling tips for the perfect occasion.' - Glamour (SA) 'Bring out the bone china for this book from vintage guru Angel Adoree...' - the Independent Angel Strawbridge cordially invites you to accompany her on a journey to create your perfect vintage tea party! The Vintage Patisserie is a haven of all things glamour, vintage and retro. Run by Angel Adoree, the outstanding character you may have seen on Dragon's Den or Channel 4's Escape to the Chateau, the Vintage Patisserie is a vintage hosting company, originally founded in East London where it spent years wowing its clientele with unforgettable tea parties from a bygone era. In 2015, the company (and Angel) relocated to the beautiful Chateau-de-la-Motte Husson in France, and now offers fairytale vintage weddings, among other unique celebrations. For that reason, there's nowhere better to get simple, elegant advice for hosting your very own Vintage Tea Party at home than from Angel and The Vintage Tea Party Book. As well as providing sumptuous elegant recipes to cover every time of the day, Angel's The Vintage Tea Party Book covers the full breadth of those little touches that make the perfect vintage party: Invitations, attire, decorations, props and more. The book is broken into: BRUNCH What do you mean, morning is no time for a party?! High Breakfast is the height of civilization and, here, I share my most refined brunch dishes, for a morning tea party fit for a Queen. Don your headscarf and on with the preparations! AFTERNOON Is your pinkie finger raised at the ready? There's nothing more British than Afternoon Tea. This chapter is a treasure trove of tea-time delights, from classics to decadent treats, and I show how to make a Union Flag for the ultimate traditional tea party. EVENING The evening tea party is all about glamour, giggles and good friends. On these pages, I share my most impressive recipes, for maximum impact on the eye and taste buds, to give the special people in your life the treat they deserve. STYLE You've organized the perfect vintage do, now it's time for the perfect vintage hairdo, and the perfect vintage dress, and for getting your make-up - and your man - looking just stunning. You'll be the most glamorous hostess in town!

Succulent shrimp, juicy steak, vegetables bursting with fresh flavour-the secret to cooking exceptional food is keeping it luscious and tender. In this technique-focused guide to delectable dishes, Kathy Hunt delivers recipes for global appetisers, mains, sides, desserts and sweet baked goods. Written for novice and accomplished cooks alike, this masterclass in texture inspires an appreciation for the skills needed to craft exquisite mouthfeel, an often overlooked facet of cooking. From stir-frying noodles and sauteing fish to grilling delicate vegetables and roasting hearty meats, Luscious, Tender, Juicy covers a wealth of preparation techniques. Hunt explains how to keep food tender and flavourful, an essential aspect of delectable food. The final two chapters, "Luxurious Cakes, Pies and Puddings" and "Velvety Cookies, Pastries and Breads," focus on sweets that wouldn't be enjoyable (or even edible) if they weren't fluffy, molten or gooey.

Karen Martini’s COOK: The Only Book You Need in the Kitchen is the essential Australian cookbook for the food you’re cooking at home today. Covering a generous breadth of cuisines and ingredients across well over 1000 recipes, this book bursts with Karen’s love of cooking, and the inspiring ideas and enduring principles that make her flavours timeless.

With an acclaimed career spanning decades, and the influence of her Tunisian-Italian heritage, Karen has forged a path for female chefs and cooks across the country, and here she shares the hard-earned knowledge and experience for which she is famed. COOK doesn’t just tell you what to cook but shows you how to cook, with insights into the foundations of flavour and practical advice on sourcing and surrounding yourself with quality, ethical ingredients and essential equipment – everything you need to make fantastic meals from the ground up.

COOK will stay fresh in your kitchen for years to come, providing for the everyday as well as life’s special occasions. Be guided to pull multiple dishes together to build an inspired meal, or to omit ingredients for your dietary preferences. Karen will lead you to bold, simple and satisfying results time and time again.

This is the taste of modern Australia in one long-awaited cookbook. As the title says: COOK.

Bringing back the great taste of comfort food is what the author has done in this gluten free dairy free cookbook. You will step back in time remembering all of those comfort foods you crave and deserve to have once again. Janet Wheelock Balsbaugh has done this for you and made it easier than you think. Discover how eating gluten free and dairy free does not mean you have to give up good taste. This is a friendly cookbook that shows you step by step how to make delicious food, along with tips or serving suggestions on the pages, along with helpful suggestions in the back of the book. These recipes are quick and easy to prepare and you can have a meal on the table in no time.This is a collection of family recipes Janet has learned to convert into her every day life of eating gluten free and dairy free all the way from appetizers to desserts. Tasty recipes that you crave, she focuses a lot on foods the whole family can enjoy whether they are affected or not with eating gluten free and dairy free. You will enjoy down home comfort foods such as creamed chicken, sausage gravy, chocolate brownies and many more mouth watering foods.Come into my kitchen and learn to prepare some of the easiest recipes you can imagine

A delicious cookbook from Tom Kerridge featuring his favourite everyday recipes Tom Kerridge is known for beautifully crafted food and big, bold flavours. Tom's Table features 100 delicious everyday recipes so that anyone can achieve his Michelin-starred cooking at home. This is the sort of food you'll cook again and again, whether you bring his hearty and delicious starter, side, main and dessert recipes to quick mid-week meals or weekend dinners. The recipes include Cheddar and ale soup, Simple sunflower-seed-crusted trout, the ultimate Roast chicken, Lamb ribs with roasted onions, Stuffed green peppers, Home-made ketchups, Popcorn bars, Date and banana milkshake, Pecan tart, and many more. With every recipe photographed by Cristian Barnett, this book is full of inspiring yet simple ideas from the man of the moment. Get ready for Tom's new book, Lose Weight & Get Fit - coming this December.

Healthy meal planning is made easy in this beginner-friendly guide that teaches you how to shop smartly and plan your weekly meals with confidence-all while enjoying food you actually want to eat. If you constantly ask yourself "what the heck's for dinner?", then The Busy Person's Meal Planner will finally teach you how to meal plan and meal prep no matter how hectic your week might be. With 50+ recipes that can be modified for all diets, the breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack options in this book feature easy-to-find ingredients and most can be made in 30 minutes. And to make the process even easier, the book provides you with easy-to-reference cheat sheets and a 52-week meal planner and grocery list notepad that you can take with you to the supermarket. Written by licensed dietitian Laura Ligos, The Busy Person's Meal Planner is a guide to weekly meal planning for working professionals and families who don't have a lot of free time and need help learning how to get healthy and delicious meals on the table each week. Realistic rather than idealistic, Ligos gives you expert advice on shopping the sales, stocking your pantry, and planning meals that are nutritious, filling, and easy to make. The Busy Person's Meal Planner features: * Meal Planning 101: 5-step guide to planning your weekly meals * 50+ Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Snack Recipes: including modifications for gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan * Advice for Stocking Your Kitchen: Recommended tools and pantry staples * 52-Week Meal Planner and Grocery List Notepad: Perforated, removable notepad so you can write out your meals and take your shopping list to the store

Drawing on the cuisine of the Middle Ages, from the fall of the Roman Empire to Henry VIII's break with Rome, this new treatment of a classic book explores the relationship between food, religion and the ever-widening gap between the tables of the rich and the poor. Featured is an appetizing collection of recipes inspired by medieval manuscripts, richly illustrated throughout with stunning scenes of food, feasting and cooking from paintings, tapestries and drawings. "The Medieval Cookbook" has been thoughtfully adapted for the modern kitchen, whilst retaining the true essence of dining in medieval Britain.

To accompany the new scholarly edition of Apicius, Sally Grainger has gathered, in one convenient volume, her modern interpretations of 64 of the recipes in the original text. These are not recipes inspired by the old Romans but rather a serious effort to convert the extremely gnomic instructions in the Latin into something that can be reproduced in the modern kitchen and which actually gives some idea of what the Romans might have eaten. Sally Grainger, therefore, has taken great pains to suggest means of replicating the particular Roman taste for fermented fish sauce. It may sound unpleasant, but actually is not too far removed from the fish sauces of the Far East, and any reproduction of Roman cookery must depend on getting this particular aspect right. Not all the recipes are for mad Roman luxuries such as lark's tongues and boar's bottoms; Grainger has taken care to include perfectly do-able and affordable dishes such as cucumber with mint dressing, duck with turnip, roast lamb with coriander, carrots or parsnips in a cumin-honey glaze, almond and semolina pudding, and deep fried honey fritters. The advantage of this manual over those that have come before is that it is more accurate and benefits from all the hard work that Sally Grainger and Christopher Grocock have put into getting the text of Apicius itself into some sort of working order.