Attractive bright blue boards with red cloth spine. Color photo illustrated end papers. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean throughout. The dust jacket has been price clipped otherwise in very good condition.

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Title: Fragrant Harbor Taste: The New Chinese Cooking of Hong Kong
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1989
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0671644696
ISBN 13: 9780671644697
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Introduces the cuisine of Hong Kong, a cosmopolitan blend of traditional Asian and modern Western tastes, in a collection of easy-to-prepare dishes that range from appetizers, to main dishes, to desserts

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Some Westerners assume that the food of Hong Kong--or Fragrant Harbor, as the British colony was once called in Chinese--is as bland as Cantonese. Hom ( Chinese Technique ), who has taught cooking in Hong Kong for a decade, proves this is not the case, showing how the international city combines mainland Chinese regional dishes with innovative gourmet fare inspired by other Asian cooking traditions--Thai, Vietnamese, Malaysian--in such recipes as fish cakes peasant-style and pigs' feet in wine and vinegar. Hom also gives new twists to the familiar in stir-fried beef with pickled mustard greens, fried bean curd with chive dipping sauce, and fried rice with pineapple, and braves the exotic (double-steamed bird's nest with coconut, deep-fried milk with quail eggs), while allowing that in Hong Kong "it is now forbidden to use dogs and cats for human consumption, though that does not mean that those who delight in these treats can't find them." Recipes are easy to follow, though introductory notes, printed in annoyingly small italic type, are not. A chapter on stocks and sauces is helpful, as is Hom's extensive glossary of cooking techniques, equipment and ingredients (including substitutes). A short list of recommended Hong Kong restaurants is provided. Photos not seen by PW.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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