Thousand Recipes Chinese Cookbook

By Gloria Bley Miller

Book Overview

An essential resource in the American kitchen and a classic for nearly four decades, this is the definitive Chinese cookbook, perfect for cooks at every level. Here is the largest, most comprehensive... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517658704
• ISBN13: 9780517658703
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
• Length: 926 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A type of book I've been wanting.The only disappointment is I ordered the hardback edition and di no

I would try for the hardback again, but I suspect the same thing will happen. I just prefer hardback. It is a well taken care of book and I do hope I will learn and cook a lot from it. That is my plan🤩

Great for learning to cook Chinese

This book gives not just so many recipes but beautiful explanations. It arrive in good condition and while I haven’t cooked anything yet, I am looking forward to doing so very soon.

The best book for ingredients, how tos, and recipes

I have owned this book for many, many years. Lost one to book bandits, lost one to hurricane Harvey and one to movers. I, of course, had to replace it again in 2022. A new copy sits in my bookshelf. To anyone who wants to learn the art of cooking Chinese food and to those who want to familiarize themselves with ingredients, cooking styles, utensils, this is the book for you. It explains how to use the wok to best advantage for the myriad of wonderful recipes. Enjoy it if you buy it. I'll never be without a copy.

The Cantonese "Joy of Cooking"

This was originally published in the early 70's, when I bought my first copy.As other reviewers have mentioned, my copy is stained from frequent use. I also purchased a copy for my parents, even though they prepared Chinese meals without recipes, they were reminded of other dishes and were impressed with the entire contents...the authenticity of methods and ingredients. I have given this wonderful book to many Chinese food enthusiasts and they also regard it as a sort of 'bible'. These recipes are what we eat at home! I give this collection my very highest recommendation.

A stunning achievement, Gloria got it all in one book!

Gloria Bley Miller shows her love of Chinese cuisene and its techniques throughout every page of this book. There are examples of every type of cooking along with many examples of substitutions so that you learn the art of Chinese cooking as you progress through the many recipes. I have been using this book as the mainstay of my Chinese kitchen and library. P My family and neighbors have all developed a taste for Chinese food now that I mainly cook in that tradition. Some of our Asian friends wouldn't believe at first that an American had cooked these dishes; they wanted to know who really cooked them. P So a tip of the hat and profound thanks to Gloria for introducing me to living to eat in a never ending adventure of the wonderful tastes awaiting in every menu new and old of this fascinating art of cooking that has spanned centuries in development. P If I could only keep one book in my cooking library, this would be it. Not just for all the valuable information in the book, but also for the fact that Gloria is a great teacher , in that the information and experience end up in your own cooking. P This is the only one out of many Chinese cookbooks I now have where all the pages are falling out from heavy use. I almost hate to buy a new one, this one is like an old friend and has notes on many of the pages