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

Name: Bao Family Cookbook: Recipes from the Eight Culinary Regions of China
Author: Céline Chung and team, photos by Grégoire Kalt
ISBN: 9781623717421

by Céline Chung and team, photos by Grégoire Kalt

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Through over 80 classic, accessible, and playful recipes, Bao Family Cookbook symbolizes the bridge between two cultures: the traditions of China and the modernity of Parisian life. Bao Family Cookbook symbolizes the bridge between two cultures: the traditions of China and the modernity of Parisian life. The Bao family run four Chinese restaurants in Paris that bridge the gap between two cultures, and between traditional and modern cuisine—here they share their love of bao and other Chinese dishes, with recipes that span the eight culinary regions of China. Through over 80 classic yet accessible and playful recipes, Céline Chung and her family push back against the stereotypes surrounding Chinese cooking and pay tribute to its diversity and regionality.…

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"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."

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