There’s a feeling to a good cookbook, and this one has it. Often you might flick through searching for a recipe to catch your eye, but some (Lobscouse and Spotted Dog, for example, or some Elizabeth David) reward you for sitting with it and reading every page.
The Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook
Fuchsia DunlopEbury Press 2006, Hardcover, 304 pages, £27.50
China [...]