Salt, Sugar, MSG: Recipes and Stories from a Cantonese American Home
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The chef of Bonnie’s, an acclaimed Cantonese American eatery in Brooklyn, shares his home cooking, a creative hybrid of influences which is satisfyingly unpredictable.
You can find some satisfying classic Cantonese recipes for things like shrimp and pork wonton soup or a sizzling steamed fish, but Eng’s emphasis here is on fresh connections he’s made between ingredients and methods.
For example:
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Taro root hashbrowns with sweet and spicy ketchup
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Cabbage salad with fried garlic sesame dressing
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Congee arancini
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Salt and pepper pork schnitzel with Chinese ranch dressing
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Grilled squid salad with preserved lemon
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Black currant lemonade jelly mold
Resoundingly unlike any other Cantonese or American cookbook.
Hardcover. Color photographs throughout.
Published: March 18, 2025
