Author(s): Betty Crocker Editors
Publisher: Betty Crocker
Publication Date: 1990-05-15
Pages: 144
Review: This was a disappointing purchase. I am too lazy or I would have returned this to Amazon! The photographs were of extremely poor quality - poor color, poor resolution - and so the dishes looked most unappetizing. Who wants to cook food that looks so bad?After following these recipes you will be able to make Chinese food more tasty than you will find in the average restaurant. Now my kids would rather eat their sesame chicken at home rather than going out because it’s better! The ingredients are inexpensive and the results are great! I HIGHLY recommend this cookbook (and I’ve been cooking Chinese food most of my life). I enjoy oriental foods and wanted to learn to cook some of my favorite dishes. This cook book is excellent. It gives clear and concise instructions as well as a wide variety of dishes to choose from. Also, the cook book has beautiful photographs for most of the receips. Items are not hard to find in your local grocery store. This cook book was also made in conjunction with the Betty Cooker cook books. So if you love Betty Cooker cook books this cook book is a plus!If you really like salty foods or lots of dark soy sause, then this might be for you.
I’m not an expert chief, but I do cook quiet a bit of ethnic foods. I like my dishes to have a range of flavours that are pleasent to the palete and easy on the eyes.
I found that most of the recipes looked good but following the directions caused me to throw them out because I couldn’t stand the taste.My first Chinese cookbook for my first foray into Chinese cooking. The recipes here are simple and classic, if rather plain. I like that the ingredients are all easy to find in my area, and that the recipes are very quick! Important for me as a working person who still likes to come home and cook something interesting for dinner. I don’t like recipes with ingredient lists that are a foot long. These recipes are short and easy to follow, although a bit cryptic, which led me to make a mistake in one recipe. But I was able to start over on the mistake and the recipe came out well. I would have liked more photos - one per dish would be ideal. I recommend this for the beginning Chinese cook, but not for the beginning cook.
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