This is a memoir – the author is Chinese-American and she moves to Beijing where she attends cooking school. The book includes recipes (this seems to be a popular format these days) for dishes that I would love to make, but the ingredient lists were a tad too long for me to think about making any of them. Some of her descriptions of food made me crave real Chinese food, especially when she described learning how to make noodles and dumplings.
The author grew on me as the book went on, and I admired her tenacity and humility. Overall though, this book was above-average and enjoyable, but did not make my Must-Read list.
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