Potsticker Chronicles

Chinese cooking and culture come together in this beautifully written and illustrated cookbook. Sharing more than 160 recipes, Stuart Chang Berman makes favorite Chinese restaurant dishes accessible by clearly explaining both techniques and ingredients. He also includes heirloom family recipes that give home cooks exciting new possibilities to explore. Laced throughout the book are charming personal anecdotes from the author"™s family history, from his petite grandmother"™s effortless command of the burly men working at the fish market to his own surprise run-in with poet Ezra Pound while preparing a Chinese banquet at a school friend"™s family castle in Switzerland. Evocative Chinese ink drawings complete this irresistible collection of Chinese recipes and family tales.