Bao Family Cookbook: Recipes from the Eight Culinary Regions of China

"When you think of Paris, I imagine your first thought is not “Chinese food!” Céline Chung, proprietor of four Franco-Chinese restaurants, is out to change that. Chung’s restaurants are famous for the puffy hot buns known as bao, and her cookbook offers vegetarian and Charsiu versions as well as the dim sum dumplings that are their tiny weekend cousins. But this chic production offers more than snacks, with creditable versions of classics like Dan Dan Noodles, Cumin Beef, Salt-And-Pepper Chicken. You may well leave the table feeling like a steaming, stuffed, adorable bao yourself."