The Art of Escapism Cooking

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780062802378 Author(s): Mandy Lee Format: Hardcover Language: English Year: 2019 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc Pages: 400

Description: In this inventive and intensely personal cookbook, the blogger behind the award-winningA‚ ladyandpups.comA‚ reveals how she cooked her way out of an untenable living situation, with more than eighty delicious Asian-inspired dishes with influences from around the world.For Mandy Lee, moving from New York to Beijing for her husbandA?s work wasnA?t an exotic adventureA?it was an ordeal. Growing increasingly exasperated with ChinaA?s stifling political climate, its infuriating bureaucracy, and its choking pollution, she began A?an unapologetically angry food blog,A?A‚ LadyandPups.com, to keep herself from going mad.Mandy cooked because it channeled her focus, helping her cope with the difficult circumstances of her new life. She filled her kitchen with warming spices and sticky sauces while she shared recipes and observations about life, food, and cooking in her blog posts. Born in Taiwan and raised in Vancouver, she came of age food-wise in New York City and now lives in Hong Kong; her food reflects the many places sheA?s lived. This entertaining and unusual cookbook is the story of how A?escapism cookingA?A?using the kitchen as a refuge and ultimately creating delicious and satisfying mealsA?helped her crawl out of her expat limbo.Illustrated with her own gorgeous photography, The Art of Escapism CookingA‚ provides that comforting feeling a good meal provides. Here are dozens of innovative and often Asian-influenced recipes, divided into categories by mood and occasion, such as:For Getting Out of BedPoached Eggs with Miso-Browned Butter HollandaiseCrackling Pancake with Caramel-Clustered Blueberries and Balsamic HoneyFor SlurpingBuffalo Fried Chicken RamenCrab Bisque TsukemenA‚ For a CrowdCumin Lamb Rib BurgerItalian Meatballs in Taiwanese Rouzao SauceFor SnackingWontons with Shrimp andA‚ Chi