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Books : CHINESE FOOD MADE EASY: 100 simple, healthy recipes from easy-to-find ingredientsRating: - Chinese Food Made Difficult!!As a keen amateur cook, well versed in other genres, I thought I'd branch out into Chinese cooking. The first disappointment was that half the recipes that featured on the BBC programme weren't in the book. The other major disappointment is that the instructions are so basic that nothing is explained properly and half the recipes don't work. I have since bought a Ken Hom book and found that not only has she stolen half his recipes, he explains everything a lot better. Don't waste your money on this book. Rating:  - Who needs ready meals................ when you can make delicious, nutritious, Chinese dishes, such as Chicken Chow Mein and Chicken and Cashew Nut Stir-Fry, in under half an hour? Buy this book if you want to enjoy fast,tasty,authentic Chinese food, with a modern twist,at home. The recipes are based on fresh,widely-available ingredients and there's a great selection to choose from. The author de-mystifies Chinese cookery and makes it simple - even for inexperienced or lazy cooks like me! Rating: - Yes, it really is easy - and has plenty of recipes too.What I liked about this book was the fact that the pages were not given over to extensive arty shots of ingredients at odd angles, but were packed with recipes - which, after all is why books should be bought - not just to look good on bookshelves. The book strikes a fine balance, using authentic ingredients, but never resorting to exotics - you won't find yourself searching the Internet to order strange spices that a dish can't manage without. Listing the recipes in logical sections was much appreciated - the next time I need a side dish for example, I can quickly turn to the relevant part of the book. Those chefs who love to replicate takeaway favourites are catered for with their own pages at the beginning of the book- a neat ploy, as many of us may have often wondered what might give a recipe that little extra something. The book is definitely worth the money - cheaper than feeding the family at the takeway, and with a higher recipe to page ratio than most. Highly recommended. Rating:  - Wok on Ching!I've loved Chinese food since the first time I went to a restaurant as a kid and ordering from the takeaway was an expensive and unhealthy habit of mine at university. I always thought that recreating those flavours out of the restaurant environment was quite impossible - not so! In this wonderful book, Ching takes the mystery out of delicious Chinese cooking. You're likely to have many of the ingredients in your kitchen already - garlic, root ginger, oil. By taking the illusions out of Chinese cooking she has made it all the more successful by easing us into the recipes - "Takeaway Favourites" is one chapter. As for the recipes, there is something to appeal to everyone here. Here is a list of what I've made so far: Chicken Chow Mein, Beijing Rice, Mu Shu Chicken, Sweet and Sour Pork and Sichuan Orange Beef. My only fault with the book would be for vegetarians. There doesn't seem to be much choice for them. Also some of the ingredients do prove a little difficult to get hold of if you don't live in a city. Apart from those little faults - can we have some more please Ching? Rating: - Chinese Food Made EasyGod, I love that Chinese girl so much...I watched the first programme in the series and she was so damned hot I immediately ordered a takeaway. Suppose that defeated the object... oh well. |
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