BOOK SIGNING
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6th, 10:00A.M.
BORDERS BOOKS,
322 W EL CAMINO REAL, SUNNYVALE
TASTINGS from the cookbook!
DRAWINGS for bottled sauces from Lee Kum Kee!
Diana Chan is a creative innovator with a passion for cooking and baking. She was born in Shanghai, China and grew up in Hong Kong and Brazil where she watched her family’s Chinese chef prepare simple daily meals and elaborate banquet dishes. She is a maverick cookbook author and publisher who did most of the photography and all the illustrations for the book.
This cookbook presents a unique combination of Chinese, Fusion, and Western cuisine with 30-minute recipes and gourmet recipes for novice and experienced cooks who want to entertain in style. There are many vegetarian dishes, low-fat entrées and desserts that will delight health-conscious cooks, as many of the recipes are in the "lean cuisine" genre. These recipes are marked with red hearts for easy identification. The book has great ideas for home entertaining with make-ahead appetizers, desserts, and garnishes which add elegance to the presentation of food.
*** The cookbook has Many Festive Holiday recipes and gift ideas ***
" The recipes are selected to please both the novice and the expert Chinese chef in search of gourmet options. Illustrations of special ingredients…. step-by-step pictures…..a new genre of Chinese cooking. " Los Altos Town Crier “ the next Rachael Ray?... healthy food,. .. a new genre of Chinese cooking …very little oil… she has stuffed her cookbook full of recipes you 'll be happy to feed your family. ” Gentry Magazine. See website:
