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Chinese recipe / cooking book recommendation
Posted by turtlehead (321 days ago)
Hi there! I would like to buy a chinese cooking book, something fairly simple but something a little more than simple stir-fry..., I just need typical "supper" dish, not for a party but for a family meal. I would like it to be relatively authentic, without too much complication nor buying 100 types of seasoning or spices... I hugely appreciate any recommendation. I noticed there are several "celebrity" Chinese chefs in HK..., are any of the their books any good? Oh by the way the book has to be in English! Thank you!
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Posted by community advice (320 days ago)
Towngas Cooking Center in the Basement of 77 Leighton Rd. tel. 2576-1535 sell a cookbook they produced a couple of years ago on Chinese cooking called THE MILLENIUM COOKBOOK.
Check it out as well as their courses.
Hope this helps. The Community Advice Bureau (CAB)
Posted by lace (320 days ago)
Kevin Sinclair has written a number of Chinese cookbooks - check in the local bookstores.
Posted by cuimengsh (319 days ago)
By the official definition of the People's Republic of China, standard Mandarin uses:
The phonology or sound system of Beijing. A distinction should be made between the sound system of a dialect or language and the actual pronunciation of words in it. The pronunciations of words chosen for Standard Mandarin -- a standardized speech -- do not necessarily reproduce those of the Beijing dialect. The pronunciation of words is a standardization choice and occasional standardization differences (not accents) do exist, between putonghua and guoyu, for example.
In fluent speech, Chinese speakers can easily tell the difference between a speaker of the Beijing dialect and a speaker of Standard Mandarin. Beijingers speak Standard Mandarin with elements of their own dialect in the same way as other speakers.
The vocabulary of Mandarin dialects in general means that all slang and other elements deemed "regionalisms" are excluded. On the one hand, the vocabulary of all Chinese dialects, especially in more technical fields like science, law, and government, are very similar. (This is similar to the profusion of Latin and Greek words in European languages.) This means that much of the vocabulary of standardized Mandarin is shared with all varieties of Chinese. On the other hand, many colloquial vocabulary and slang found in Beijing dialect are not found in Standard Mandarin, and may not be understood by people not from Beijing.
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