Healthy Family Food 9: Exquisite Chinese and Western Desserts

Author: Cai Jieyi Compiler
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Publish Date: 2001-10-01
Features: A healthy family with harmonious relationships is a symbol of a wonderful household. By cooking delicious and nutritious food with loved ones and sharing it with family and friends, it helps promote family health and fosters a sense of mutual care and love, adding to the warmth of life. The "Healthy Family Cuisine" series introduces cooking tips and recipes for each topic in every book, hoping to contribute to creating wonderful families for everyone. This book presents the methods for making nearly 40 Chinese and Western desserts, including traditional holiday foods like the modern "Mini Egg Lotus Paste Mooncakes" and "Ice Skin Mooncakes," hometown-style dishes such as "Rumbled Taro Balls" and "Sesame Rolls," once popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan like the "Portuguese Egg Tarts," Western desserts loved by both adults and children like "Flame Popsicles" and "Mango Crepes," as well as "Grass Cakes" and "Taiwanese Salted Cakes," all of which are favored by urban dwellers today. All recipes in the book are accompanied by color illustrations, with additional articles introducing the stories behind each dessert and the characteristics of the ingredients, helping readers delve deeper and enhance their food knowledge.