Easy Family Recipes from a Chinese-American Childhood

Easy Family Recipes from a Chinese-American Childhood by Ken Hom, the renowned chef and authority on Chinese cuisine, is a personal collection of 150 Chinese and Chinese-American recipes inspired by the food of Hom’s childhood and adapted for the modern American home kitchen. Part of the Knopf Cooks American series, the book captures the everyday dishes and comforting flavors that helped shape Hom’s culinary identity while making traditional techniques and ingredients approachable for home cooks.

Recipes include familiar Chinese-American favorites such as Iceberg Lettuce–Egg Drop Soup, Barbecued Spareribs, and Moo Goo Gai Pan, alongside a broad range of family-style dishes suited to everyday meals and gatherings. Hom’s accessible approach makes the collection particularly useful for cooks interested in learning Chinese cooking through recipes grounded in the experience of a Chinese-American household.

Warm, practical, and rooted in family food traditions, Easy Family Recipes from a Chinese-American Childhood is especially appealing for Chinese and Chinese-American food enthusiasts, home cooks exploring classic techniques, and cookbook collectors interested in the intersection of immigrant foodways, family history, and American cooking.