New Trend Four Seasons Home-Style Cuisine

Author: Cai Yufa, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Led by renowned chefs, featuring a strong team of compilers; meticulously crafted, a new four-season home banquet cookbook! The recipes in this book have the following five characteristics:
1. Designed based on cooking ingredients available in different seasons, allowing readers to choose according to the time and location.
2. The main and secondary ingredients of the dishes (including a variety of appropriate desserts) are easily available in the market, with simple and specific cooking methods. Key steps are thoroughly explained, making them suitable for home cooking.
3. The recipes include various regional flavors, and for easy selection, each dish name is accompanied by notes on regional cuisine, cooking method, and main characteristics of the finished dish. This is highly beneficial for professional chefs seeking to improve their skills.
4. Whether traditional or innovative famous dishes, or decorative dishes, this book strives to include them, but all are limited to those that can be prepared at home. Following the illustrations, readers can easily create satisfying dishes and host a complete, impressive home banquet.
5. Based on the characteristics of home cooking, the quantities of seasonings are primarily measured using household soup spoons. The author, with over a decade of experience in culinary teaching, has made a valuable and successful attempt. This is highly practical for real-world cooking.
In summary, this book is not only instructive for home cooking but also highly appealing to professional chefs. Organized by meal size and season, the book presents 60 sets of dishes with over 640 different recipes, including a significant number of popular "Shanghai-style" dishes or innovative creations that have gained widespread acclaim in major cities in recent years. The ingredients are easily obtainable, easy to replicate, and explained in a clear and practical manner. It is not only an excellent guide for home banquets and gatherings but also greatly beneficial for professional chefs seeking to enhance their skills and for small and medium-sized catering businesses looking to develop new recipes.