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Beef Slivers with Coriander, page 105, Revolutionary Chinese Cooking
Stir-Fried Fava Beans with Minced Pork, page 210, 105 Revolutionary Chinese Cooking
I don’t know exactly why, perhaps Mary can shed some light on the subject, but the vast majority of Asian cuisine seems dominated by two things: heat and quick cook time. Whenever we stray for two [...]

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Or thank goodness for the silk road!
Beef With Cumin; Revolutionary Chinese Cooking, page 102

When you think Chinese food, do you think cumin? I didn’t. But thanks to the silk road, Muslim traders and settlers, cumin has a place in Chinese cuisine. Dunlop notes that cumin is associated with the Muslim influenced city of Xinjiang.
Kevin, busy [...]

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Finishing out Les Halles with a whimper rather than a bang forced us to forgo may favorite recipe in the book, Choucroute Garnie. I’ll let the memory of that steaming bowl of porky goodness resonate untainted in my head for a while longer. Why ruin a wonderful memory?
We drew out the month mostly because, [...]

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