Archivi annuali : 2015

INTRODUZIONE Good food has been an important part of my life since my earliest childhood. I well remember my family gathered around the dinner table endlessly discussing what we were to eat, how it would be prepared, what our favourite dishes were, the best methods for cooking various delicacies, and so forth. In fact this…

INTRODUZIONE   In China, there is an old proverb: Food is the first necessity of man K; That is to say,  food plays a very important role in our everyday lives. Over time, people around the world have celebrated the importance of food, and countries have developed their own unique cuisines and specialties. Today, Chinese cuisine…

INTRODUZIONE Of half Chinese and half English parentage, I grew up in Hong Kong. It’s a smelly, noisy and hectic city; the name translates rather romantically as ‘fragrant harbour’ - really, it is anything but. Most people who visit are completely overwhelmed by it. My childhood memories are tinged with the smell of food cooking…

INTRODUZIONE Dim sum translates loosely as “touch the heart,” which is just what the myriad morsels of a dim sum meal do. While dim sum is usu' ally thought of as a Cantonese specialty, dishes come from many regions: pancakes from the northwest and buns from the north, for example. What began as a mid'…

INTRODUZIONE A Cantonese specialty, dim sum (variously translated as "dot hearts," "heart warmers" and "heart's delight") is the collective name for a variety of small, delicious snacks. It includes steamed or fried dumplings with meat or seafood fillings, steamed buns, shrimp balls and always a few desserts. It is the Chinese custom to enjoy these…

INTRODUZIONE CHINESE COOKING FOR TWO is a cookbook for anyone interested in Chinese cooking. The author knows the needs of the reader and keeps them in mind throughout the book. The directions are clear and the measurements are laid down just as clearly. For each recipe there is a beautiful photograph of the completed dish,…

INTRODUZIONE Guangzhou is the old city of Canton, for 800 years the centre of contact between the East and West in the South China Seas. Thence came Western traders eager to buy Chinese silks and tea and from there left the early immigrants who settled in Singapore and California — called by the Cantonese The…

INTRODUZIONE Chinese cuisine is a myriad of colours and flavours. Spiritual, philosophical and symbolic value is attached to each ingredient in every dish, whether it is a simple, steaming pot of rice porridge, or an elaborately prepared seafood dish. Sweet, salty, spicy or sour flavours are employed purposefully, in relation to and in accordance with…

INTRODUZIONE I consider stir-frying a form of culinary magic in which ingredients are transformed. Their textures are enhanced, their flavors intensified and caramelized. The alchemy of stir-frying brings a blush of color to raw shrimp and a radiance to vegetables. Meats grow plump and fragrant from browning. The stir-fry dish brings food to life. I…

INTRODUZIONE Enough is enough. Chinese food doesn’t get the recognition it rightly deserves in the Western world. French, Japanese, even Korean cuisine all receive high praise from food critics in the press, but Chinese food remains underappreciated. Chinese cuisine can be just as complex or as basic as any other cuisine. It has so much…