How to Cook and Eat in Chinese Author:Buwei Yang Chao indexed — For anyone who wants to learn how to cook Chinese food, this is one of the classics. Written in the late 40's by a Chinese woman doctor, this is the home-style cooking of Anhui province (near Shanghai) adapted for the American home cook. Anhui food is considered "oily but generous in portions", and the protein-based nature of the recipe... more »s may seem a bit excessive for those who've gotten used to the spartan usages of contemporary America. Ms. Chao's puckishly imperfect English and frequent coinages sometimes get in the way -- the term "leaking ladle" means "slotted spoon", Still, she coined the term "stir-fry"...what more do you want?« less