My grandmother's Chinese kitchen: 100 family recipes and life lessons

287 Pages·2006·7.616 MB·English

by  Wong, San Yan;Lo, Eileen Yin-Fei

MY GRANDMOTHER’S
CHINESE KITCHEN
100 FAMILY RECIPES AND LIFE LESSONS
Eileen Yin-Fei Lo

MY GRANDMOTHER’S
CHINESE KITCHEN
BOOKS BY EILEEN YIN-FEI LO
The Dim Sum Book: Classic Recipes from the Chinese Teahouse
The Chinese Banquet Cookbook: Authentic Feasts from China’s Regions
China’s Food (coauthor)
Eileen Yin-Fei Lo’s New Cantonese Cuisine
From the Earth: Chinese Vegetarian Cooking
The Dim Sum Dumpling Book
The Chinese Way: Healthy Low-Fat Cooking from China’s Regions
The Chinese Kitchen
The Chinese Chicken Cookbook
MY GRANDMOTHER’S
CHINESE KITCHEN
100 FAMILY RECIPES AND LIFE LESSONS
Eileen Yin-Fei Lo
A HOME BOOK
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MY GRANDMOTHER’S CHINESE KITCHEN
Copyright © 2006 by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo
“Eat Drink Man Woman” was originally published in the March 2001 issue of Moremagazine
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PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The recipes contained in this book are to be followed exactly as written. The pub-
lisher is not responsible for your specific health or allergy needs that may require medical supervision. The
publisheris not responsible for any adverse reactions to the recipes contained in this book.
This book is, as always, for those I love, and upon whose counsel and taste I rely:
my husband, Fred, and my children, Christopher, Elena and Stephen.
To this small family I add, with joy, my granddaughter, Elliott Antonia,
to whom I have given the name Siu Fung, or Little Phoenix,
and whom I call Siu Siu. A special thanks belongs to
Carla Glasser, my agent, who works very hard
on my behalf. Very hard.

C O N T E N T S
INTRODUCTION | 1
My Grandmother
ONE | 7
My Grandmother, My Teacher
TWO | 28
To the Market
THREE | 56
In the Garden
FOUR | 77
From Pond and River
FIVE | 106
Into the Lunar New Year
SIX | 153
The Lantern Festival: Dining with the Nuns
SEVEN | 170
Family Feasts and Folklore Festivals
EIGHT | 203
From Grandmother’s House
NINE | 225
To My Kitchen
TEN | 244
Foods of My Chinese Kitchen: Ingredient Notes from A to Z
AFTERWORD | 261
Eat Drink Man Woman
RECIPE INDEX | 269
ABOUT THE AUTHOR | 277
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