CHINESE ENOUGH

In an exploration of her own experience as a first generation American Kristina Cho author of the award winning baking book Mooncakes and Milk Bread offers 100 recipes that blend the flavors of traditional Cantonese cooking with California ingredients and a midwestern sensibility In Chinese Enough Cho turns to the savory side of cooking with recipes that are neither entirely Chinese nor entirely American but Chinese enough Here is an array of dishes to pair with rice the cornerstone of Cantonese cuisine including Triple Pepper Beef Miso Pork Meatballs and Seared Egg Tofu with Honey and Soy Recipes like Smashed Ranch Cucumbers and Saucy Sesame Long Beans honor the Cantonese focus on vegetables There s a chapter dedicated to the joy of noodles with creative takes on traditional dishes birthed anew in a California kitchen from San Francisco Garlic Noodles to Creamy Tomato Udon Plus a chapter of Banquet Worthy Dishes teaches the Chinese art of food as celebration a step by step guide shows how to employ friends and family in the kitchen to make dumplings and the fruit focused dessert section acts as a lesson on finishing a meal with a small sweet act of affection Woven throughout Cho s stories of her grandmother s Chinese garden situated in the mid