CHEF CHU'S DISTINCTIVE CUISINE OF CHINA 1983 Lawrence C.C. Chu

Author: Chu, Lawrence C. C.
Title: Chef Chu's Distinctive Cuisine Of China
Publisher: Harper & Row
Place: New York
Date: (1983)
ISBN: 0061811580
Pages: 224
Binding: Hardback
Condition: AS NEW as new dj
Illustrator: Cyndie Clarke-Huegel
Photographers: Nikolay Zurek (color), Leo Holub (b&w)
Book Id: MAIN001980I
Details: Index
About the book: Chef Lawrence C. C. Chu, with 20 years of restaurant experience, tells you how to prepare Chinese dishes that rival those served in his enormously popular restaurant. Chef Chu's Distinctive Cuisine of China includes:

Classic recipes from the four gastronomical regions Peking, Shanghai, Canton, and Szechuan
Plus family-style recipes served in Chinese homes
Essential cooking and cutting techniques, clearly explained, easy to master
Tips on make-ahead dishes and how to pull off a banquet at home
Restaurant secrets on how to give professional, dramatic touches to your presentation
Vegetarian and Diet-coded dishes
How-to shop for Chinese products, what to look for when seeking out the freshest ingredients
How-to visualize a dish before you begin cooking
What to do with leftovers those tasty morsels you take home in little boxes from Chinese restaurants

This cookbook represents authentic recipes of a masterful chef no substitutions of Chinese ingredients are recommended to acknowledge the growing sophistication of American cooks and their desire to recreate and serve the truest of Chinese cuisine. Each recipe has been tried in American kitchens to verify clarity of instruction and ease of preparation.
About the author: Lawrence C. C. Chu was born in Szechuan, China, and lived abroad for 19 years before moving to San Francisco. Expecting to follow in the footsteps of his architect father, he financed his college education by working in San Francisco restaurants, including Trader Vic's where the prospect of a career as a restaurateur first struck him. His real apprenticeship was served when his father opened a restaurant featuring Mandarin cuisine. In 1970, Lawrence Chu opened the doors of Chef Chu's in Los Altos, California, forty miles south of San Francisco. He has expanded the restaurant to accommodate a steadily growing clientele which now numbers some 800 patrons a day, seven days a week. In 1976, Chef Chu succumbed to demands from his patrons and began offering Saturday cooking classes, fully subscribed from the onset. In addition to teaching classes in the cooking studio, he makes frequent appearances at openings and benefits in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lawrence and his lovely wife Ruth have five children.