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Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook: Recipes from Hunan Province

9 reviews
Fuchsia Dunlop

W. W. Norton, 2007

Worthy successor to "Land of Plenty"
Ms. Dunlop continues to amaze and delight with her second book. The current tome educates the reader in the disciplines of cooking (as well as) ancient Chinese history (Appendix: the Main Chinese Dynasties), language (Appendix: Glossary of Chinese Characters) and contemporary history (revolutionarily centric). Echos of David, Grigson and Fisher resonate. [Not unsurprising considering her ...

Land of Plenty: A Treasury of Authentic Sichuan Cooking

32 reviews
Fuchsia Dunlop

W. W. Norton & Company, 2003

A Must Own
The Good: - Authentic recipes (lots of them). Most of the dishes taste pretty good. The first dish I made was Gong Bao Ji Ding and it was delicious. - Very nicely written. Instructions were clear and easy to follow. Lots of great info and details about the ingredients and cooking method. The author also provides an interesting background for each dish. You can tell Dunlop is passionate about ...

Sichuan Cookery

1 review
Fuchsia Dunlop

Penguin Books Ltd, 2003

Very well written classic text, for tasty food!
Fuschia Dunlop, the London based author with frequent cooking trips to China, published two cookbooks on Sichuan cooking in 2003; this paperback for the British world, "Sichuan Cookery", and also the similar, yet newer and quite expanded hardcovered "Land of Plenty: A Treasury of Authentic Sichuan Cooking", for the North American world. I do not have the latter book for comparison, ...

Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China

3 reviews
Fuchsia Dunlop

W. W. Norton, 2008

fantastic personal journal of a cusine and a culture
Fuchsia Dunlop has a yen for Sichuan cuisine and culture, having spent her graduate school years in Chengdu and attending various cooking schools there. A true pioneer in cross-cultural exploration, she was one of the first expatriates who went "native", at least in a culinary sense. This easy reading book is more travel journal rather then cook book. You follow her step by step as she goes ...