A Taste of Chinatown

by Joie Warner

Book Overview

This elegant, superbly photographed, easy-to-use cookbook highlights the last great uncelebrated Chinese culinary region: North America. A Taste of Chinatown makes it easy to prepare at home many of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517584085
• ISBN13: 9780517584088
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.9" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The best American Chinese cookbook anywhere

It is shocking that A Taste Of Chinatown is no longer in print. I have collected a bookshelf of Chinese cookbooks over the years, but the only one that I could not do without is Joie Warner's. This cookbook focuses on the American Chinatown, giving truly accurate but easy-to-follow preparations of the classic dishes that are part of the American experience of Chinese food. Although other cookbooks may offer a broader range of more authentic examples of true Chinese cuisine, no other book that I know captures the subtle differences in ratios, seasonings and methods that give the American Chinese restaurant its unique, memorable taste. If you love your local Chinese food (and you don't live in China), you can not go another day without this cookbook.

The Best Chinese Cookbook ever!

If you can find the book, buy it! Every item in this book is perfection.

My favorite Chinese Cookbook

I bought A Taste of Chinatown at a used-book sale several years ago for the princely sum of 50 cents. Every time I use this book I tell my wife: "This is the best purchase I have ever made." I would say the same thing if I had paid 100 dollars for it. I own a number of other Chinese cookbooks and the results from the recipes in this book are so far superior to anything else in my collection that there is almost no comparison. Simply put, EVERY dish I have ever made from a recipe in this book has been absolutely delicious. I am an experienced an accomplished cook yet I can make that claim about none of the other 40 or so cookbooks that I own. The only place this book comes up short is in the number and variety of dishes. Please, Joie, give us another book like this!

Absolutely the BEST Chinese cookbook

Put away all your other Chinese cookbooks. These recipes are straightforward and consistently excellent, and the photos are gorgeous. Warner is on the mark when she recommends specific brands of ingredients. What a shame it's such a difficult book to find!

If you love Chinese you need this book!

The receipes are very detailed and describe preperation in great detail. Most of the dishes have been americanized some by increasing the amount of meat and decreasing the vegetable amount. All dishes I have tried are excellent.