What book is the best for understanding the history of Chinese cuisine?
This book is about childhood recipes and eatting: Every Grain of Rice: A Taste of Our Chinese Childhood in America by Ellen Blonder, Annabel Low There may well be better Chinese cookbooks on the market, but Every Grain of Rice is special for the implied invitation to sit down and eat with the two authors, their families, and all their ancestors stretching back in time to the place where the recipes were originally developed. This book has the history, recipes, and more: The Chinese Kitchen: Recipes, Techniques, Ingredients, History, And Memories From America’s Leading Authority On Chinese Cooking by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo, Alexandra Grablewski, San Yan Wong (Illustrator), Alexandra Grablewski (Photographer) You might try to look for some in the bookstores, there are pretty much a lot of Chinese cookbooks….
