Chinese category: 988 books

For nearly three decades Shirley Fong-Torres and her Wok Wiz Chinatown Tour staff guided 20,000 visitors a year through San Francisco's Chinatown. This book shows why so many keep coming back for more. It's Chinese-American history with a bottomless appetite for quirky anecdotes, respected traditions...

Hi, I'm Jenny Chang, I'm from Hong Kong and I have a real passion for food. Not just any food but real authentic asian street food that you find in some of the most unlikeliest but best kitchens I have discovered throughout Asia Being brought up in Hong Kong, the sights, smell and tastes...

Dumplings. Wontons. Jiaozi. This remarkably simple food is found throughout Asia and in Chinese restaurants and kitchens around the world, but have you ever filled a dumpling wrapper with chicken? Lobster? North American Plains Bison? Hardly anyone has! The Crazy Dumplings Cookbook features over 100...

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Orientalism / Sinology - Chinese / China, grade: A, American University of Central Asia, language: English, abstract: The essay is about Confucius' life, behavior,and his attitude toward people above and below him in rank.

Zi char (a Hokkien term, literally translated “cook fry”) is widely recognised in Singapore to refer to a variety of dishes that one can order from any Chinese cooked food (zi char) stall in coffee shops across the island. Dishes range from one-dish rice or noodle meals to fish and seafood and...

Founded in 1982 by Mr Peng, Hunan is a legendary London restaurant which attracts customers from all over the world. At Hunan, diners don’t choose – they simply say what they don’t eat and how spicy they like their food. Mr Peng then does the rest, serving up small portions with the emphasis...

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Tones are the most challenging aspect of learning Chinese as a second language, and L2 learners’ perceptual categories differ in important and fascinating ways from those of native speakers. This book explores the relationship between tone perception and production among native speakers and non-native...

This book concerns two focus particles (jiu, dou) and wh-expressions (shenme = ‘what’, na geren = ‘which person’) in Mandarin Chinese. These items are systematically ‘ambiguous’ and have played important roles in various aspects of Mandarin grammar. An idea based on alternatives and varieties...

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Winner, Best Chinese Cuisine Book, Singapore, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2012 Enjoy the rich culinary heritage of the Teochews with this compact cookbook, which features over 80 authentic family recipes. Besides the usual Teochew fare of steamed fish and ngoh hiang, this book features many...