Flavorful dish making: Cooking for beginners

Author: Zhou Hongxing
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The Zhejiang cuisine system is one of China's eight major cuisine systems, renowned both domestically and internationally for its exquisite knife skills, attention to heat control, mastery of seasoning, and the freshness and tenderness of its dishes. Zhejiang cuisine is composed of local flavors from places such as Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Shaoxing, and Huzhou. The region boasts numerous famous and grand dishes, the craftsmanship of which is well-documented in renowned recipe collections. However, there is a lack of comprehensive collections of local "small dishes" and "specialty flavor dishes." This book is compiled based on the needs of small and medium-sized restaurants and home cooking for the preparation of specialty flavor dishes. It includes dishes from Hangzhou local flavor, Ningbo local flavor, Wenzhou local flavor, Shaoxing local flavor, and other regional flavors. Each dish is detailed in terms of its characteristics, ingredients, preparation methods, and key techniques. This book serves as a learning resource for small and medium-sized restaurants and home-style cuisine preparation, as well as a reference for professional chefs to understand the regional flavor characteristics of Zhejiang.