The recipes in this book are amazing. And forgiving for a beginner! My Chinese sister and grandmother are incredible whirling dervishes in the kitchen and they do all recipes by feel so its hard to learn much from them. Every time I steal one of Ken's recipes, its as good as theirs!

Every recipe in this book turned out EXACTLY right, particularly the seasoning. What I especially like is that Ken Hom includes vignettes about his childhood and other well-known Chinese American's, in particular how they related to food (which as we know, is part of the quintessential Chinese American childhood experience). He includes the authentic and Americanized version of most recipes. My only qualm is that there aren't pictures of the food (just illustrations accompanying some of them). More...

We love this book and cook from it all the time.