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MY GRANDMOTHER’S CHINESE KITCHEN 100 FAMILY RECIPES AND LIFE LESSONS Eileen Yin-Fei Lo MY GRANDMOTHER’S CHINESE KITCHEN BOOKS BY EILEEN YIN-FEI LO The Dim Sum Book: Classic Recipes from the Chinese Teahouse The Chinese Banquet Cookbook: Authentic Feasts from China’s Regions China’s Food (coauthor) Eileen Yin-Fei Lo’s New Cantonese Cuisine From the Earth: Chinese Vegetarian Cooking The Dim Sum Dumpling Book The Chinese Way: Healthy Low-Fat Cooking from China’s Regions The Chinese Kitchen The Chinese Chicken Cookbook MY GRANDMOTHER’S CHINESE KITCHEN 100 FAMILY RECIPES AND LIFE LESSONS Eileen Yin-Fei Lo A HOME BOOK Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd., 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Group Ireland, 25 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd.) Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty. Ltd.) Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd., 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi—110 017, India Penguin Group (NZ), Cnr. Airborne and Rosedale Roads, Albany, Auckland 1310, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd.) Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty.) Ltd., 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd., Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England While the author has made every effort to provide accurate telephone numbers and Internet addresses at the time of publication, neither the publisher nor the author assumes any responsibility for errors, or for changes that occur after publication. Further, the publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content. MY GRANDMOTHER’S CHINESE KITCHEN Copyright © 2006 by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo “Eat Drink Man Woman” was originally published in the March 2001 issue of Moremagazine Text design by Richard Oriolo All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. Purchase only authorized editions. HOME is a registered trademark of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. The “Home” design is a trademark belonging to Penguin Group (USA) Inc. ISBN: 1-4362-8478-3 An application to register this book for cataloging has been submitted to the Library of Congress. PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The recipes contained in this book are to be followed exactly as written. The pub- lisher is not responsible for your specific health or allergy needs that may require medical supervision. The publisheris not responsible for any adverse reactions to the recipes contained in this book. This book is, as always, for those I love, and upon whose counsel and taste I rely: my husband, Fred, and my children, Christopher, Elena and Stephen. To this small family I add, with joy, my granddaughter, Elliott Antonia, to whom I have given the name Siu Fung, or Little Phoenix, and whom I call Siu Siu. A special thanks belongs to Carla Glasser, my agent, who works very hard on my behalf. Very hard. C O N T E N T S INTRODUCTION | 1 My Grandmother ONE | 7 My Grandmother, My Teacher TWO | 28 To the Market THREE | 56 In the Garden FOUR | 77 From Pond and River FIVE | 106 Into the Lunar New Year SIX | 153 The Lantern Festival: Dining with the Nuns SEVEN | 170 Family Feasts and Folklore Festivals EIGHT | 203 From Grandmother’s House NINE | 225 To My Kitchen TEN | 244 Foods of My Chinese Kitchen: Ingredient Notes from A to Z AFTERWORD | 261 Eat Drink Man Woman RECIPE INDEX | 269 ABOUT THE AUTHOR | 277 viii Contents
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