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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5951
EAN: 9780609608876
ISBN: 0609608878
Label: Clarkson Potter
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: April 09, 2002
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Release Date: April 09, 2002
Sales Rank: 79326
Studio: Clarkson Potter
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Product Description:
In Cantonese, “dim sum” means “touch the heart,” and Ellen Blonder’s charming celebration of China’s famed tea lunch does just that. More than sixty carefully crafted, authentic recipes, each illustrated with Ellen’s exquisite watercolor paintings, put the key to re-creating these delectable morsels in every cook’s hand.
Anyone who has enjoyed the pleasures of a dim sum meal has inevitably wondered what it would be like to create these treats at home. The answer, surprisingly, is that most are quite simple to make. From dumplings to pastries, Dim Sum is filled with simple, foolproof recipes, complete with clear step-by-step illustrations to explain the art of forming, filling, and folding dumpling wrappers and more. Ellen Blonder offers her favorite versions of traditional Pork and Shrimp Siu Mai, Turnip Cake, and Shrimp Ha Gow, each bite vibrantly flavored, plus recipes for hearty sticky rice dishes, refreshing sautéed greens, tender baked or steamed buns, and a variety of pastries and desserts—all the ingredients required for an authentic, restaurant-style dim sum feast. Practical advice on designing a tea lunch menu and making dim sum ahead of time round out this irresistible collection.
Lovingly created from years of tasting, refining, and seeking out the best dim sum recipes from San Francisco to Hong Kong, Dim Sum is a gem that any student of Chinese cooking will treasure.
Amazon.com Review:
Who doesn't love dim sum, those enticing dumplings, buns, and pastries served in Chinatowns everywhere? But making it at home? This seemingly formidable business now proves infectiously doable, thanks to Ellen Leong Blonder's Dim Sum. Coauthor of the IACP-award-winning cookbook Every Grain of Rice, Blonder has found a way, through lucid explanation and her own telling illustration, to help readers reproduce dim sum favorites themselves. Ranging from Pork and Shrimp Siu Mai, Potstickers, and Chinese Chive Dumplings to Scallion Pancakes and Three-Mushroom Dumplings and more, these delicious nibbles--great cocktail fare as well as wonderfully tasty meals--are also fun to prepare.
Beginning with a discussion of the dim sum restaurant experience and the kinds of tea involved, the book then offers concise data on setting up a steamer, making doughs, and advance preparation. The 80 recipes follow in chapters that include breads and baked dishes, such as Steamed Char Siu Bao (barbecued-pork-filled buns), and rice and rice flour specialties, like Chicken and Sausage Rice Bowl and Rice Flour Rolls with Beef. Greens and pan-fried dishes are also covered with the tempting likes of Pea Shoots with Garlic, as are deep-friend and bean curd specialties, including Deep-Fried Stuffed Eggplant and Salt-Fried Whole Prawns. Recipes for dim sum sweets like Almond Pudding and Egg Custard Tarts are also offered, as are interesting sidebars--A Trip to the Luk Yu Tea House is one--and ingredient notes, menus, and supply resources. This is one of those happy cookbooks that tackle a potentially problematical subject beautifully, delivering the kitchen ease and good eating it promises. --Arthur Boehm
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Simply written and tasty recipes
Dim Sum: The Art of Chinese Tea Lunch I have several dim sum recipe books but I enjoyed this one due to its simply written recipes and delightful illustrations.It also contains many of my favorite items from the restaurant dim sum carts.
Rating:  - An okay starter book, but for serious dim sum you must get....
This is a good starter book for dim sum.I didn't find the flavors completely authentic, but it is a pretty, user friendly book.
If you are serious about dim sum you must get Eileen Yin-Fei Lo's book about dim sum.It is out of print but you can still get used copies online easily.The recipes in there are absolutely amazing. Hint: if a recipe calls for lard you can use peanut oil instead.
Rating: - really helpful for mom whose kids have peanut allergies
I love dim sum.But I'll never be able to take my family to a dim sum restaurant because two of my sons have peanut allergies.I like cooking, soI thought I would attempt to make the things I liked best myself, so my kids could experience it.
I think this book is a gem.I really thank the author.She does not bite off too much in this nice little book-- yet many things are there, and many of the dishes I love.I am a busy mom, so I appreciate that she lists at the beginning dishes ... Read More
Rating: - Dim Sum made easy
Never thought I would make my own potsticker dough, but I did!The dough was easy to make and to work with; and it tastes so much better than the Wonton wrappers they have in the supermarket. This book inspires you to try the recipes. Clearly written and illustrated. Highly recommend it to add to your library!
Rating:  - Warning: eating the book itself may cause indigestion
Ellen Leong Blonder, Dim Sum: The Art of Chinese Tea Lunch (Clarkson Potter, 2002)
So we need another dim sum cookbook? Yeah, I think we do, if only because Ellen Leong Blonder does something completely different with this one. You're used to cookbooks with mouthwatering pictures of the food therein (pictures which, of course, your dishes will never look like). Blonder just takes away the pictorial-realism layer of the artificiality and substitutes really, really detailed watercolors. ... Read More
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