Welcome to our March 2007 cookbook reviews archive from
Rainbo Electronic Reviews. It's always fun to browse through cookbooks and then telling you what the great
chefs and restaurants are doing. A good cookbook will guide you through new cooking techniques and introduce seemingly exotic
ingredients. When we write our cookbook reviews, we look for great recipe ideas that the home chef can use,
with inviting text to tempt the tastebuds, and a sense of style. Big cookbooks, small cookbooks, paperback or
hardcover - we love them all and we hope you enjoy this look back at our March 2007 cookbook reviews!
Weaving the history of how the Cultural Revolution impacted Chinese
cuisine with an extraordinary cookbook was no mean feat. Ms. Dunlop
gives us a comprehensive guide to Hunan style Chinese cooking, complete
with a guide to tools and ingredients. She gets extra credit for
telling the history of General Tso's Chicken, but the book itself is
a work of craftmanship that we rarely see these days. The pictures just
make your mouth water in anticipation. I have a repetoire of about 3
Chinese dishes that I vary according to whatever I have in the kitchen,
but which all usually come down to beef or chicken stir fried with some
veggies in a sweetened soy sauce. Its embarassing that I haven't been
able to learn more than this after all these years,
and I am positively green with envy when I see the gorgeous creations
in the pictures here. But don't let my shortcomings stop you. I'm
sure you'll be making your family a whole new array of Chinese treats
once you start your way through this fabulous cookbook.
Be sure to visit us again next month when we'll
review more helpful Cookbooks for the everyday cook in your house. Our
cookbook reviews are written by our Editor, Richard L. Trethewey.
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