Eating Stories

Jan 29, 2008 at 11:57 PM
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My friend and distant relative May Yan contributed to this new book on Chinese cuisine, called Eating Stories: a Chinese Canadian and Aboriginal Potluck. It’s important for those of us in the diaspora not to lose some of our good eating habits and knowledge about traditional cuisine, and to be able to pass them on to the next generation. The way May described this book, it’s the sort of thing that I would regard as vital for my own well-being!

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Sounds fascinating.

I absolutely LOVE the ring on one of the index cards. great attention to detail!

Cool~is it available in Taiwan? If so, I am sure I will get one.

C., I noticed that, too! Sheveli, I think you would have to order online as I have a feeling it won’t be found at a regular bookstore.

So... have you cookedanything from it yet?

I don’t have the book; I just thought it was worth a mention.

Thanks Jack for mentioning this book in your blog. Brandy Lien-Warrall is the editor behind this piece of work. I will be demonstrating the soup recipes at a local TV cook show in Vancouver BC

Lulu is an amazing place for publishing all kinds of books and even better, it's free for the author! It's the sort of place you can produce a book but not have a huge cost outlay to run off 500 copies. You can buy it cost price and sell it in a shop with markup and only have to buy a couple at a time. It makes it so much easier for any kind of author just starting out.

On the book itself - I stopped to think what traditional Australian fare has been passed down from my grandmothers and feel quite sad that we don't really have anything distinctly Australian. Bangers and mash? Pikelets? (they've got to be English), bbq's are a style of cooking not the food itself....can anyone think of traditional Aussie fare?

Gabby, you are not alone! Other than fush and chups (also English but there they call it fish and chips) and some hangi meals (indigenous to here, but honestly, how many people have tried it?) I can’t think of anything Kiwi either!

May, I am glad we have another family member on Vox here. Welcome and thanks for stopping by!

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