Joyce Chen Cook Book Author:Joyce Chen In this book, exquisite, subtle, different recipes are included, but it provides much more than that. It explains how to select meats and vegetables; how to buy and how to prepare. Here you will discover the correct way to make Chinese tea, prepare rice, use chopsticks, and learn about the three great regional schools of cooking within China: Ca... more »ntonese, Mandarin, Szechuan. All of the hows and whys and whereas are in this book. Mrs. Chen carefully explains and demonstrates with illustrations when necessary, all the process of food preparation the Chinese way. Her recipes are simple, clear and flexible enough so that the cook can find substitutes for ingredients that may be hard to procure. All the recipes in this book can be prepared successfully anywhere in the country by a reasonably adequate cook in a reasonably adequate kitchen.« less