Susanna Foo Chinese Cuisine: The Fabulous Flavors & Innovative Recipes of North America’s Finest Chinese Cook

Susanna Foo Chinese Cuisine: The Fabulous Flavors & Innovative Recipes of North America’s Finest Chinese Cook by Susanna Foo is an elegant, deeply personal Chinese cookbook from the acclaimed Philadelphia chef known for blending Chinese tradition with refined, contemporary technique. Published in 1995 with a foreword by Amy Tan, this 352-page collection opens Chinese cooking to home cooks through approachable methods, fresh ingredients, and recipes that move across dim sum, soups, vegetables, salads, seafood, poultry, meats, noodles, rice, breads, pancakes, and desserts. Drawing on Foo’s memories of Inner Mongolia and Taiwan alongside her celebrated restaurant cooking, the book presents Chinese cuisine as both cultural inheritance and creative expression. Graceful, thoughtful, and richly instructive, Susanna Foo Chinese Cuisine is a strong pick for readers interested in Chinese cooking, Asian foodways, and chef-driven cookbooks with literary warmth.