Ellen Leong Blonder - Dim Sum: The Art of Chinese Tea Lunch

Pros: Alright, I'll admit it, I started drooling when I opened this book.
Cons: More recipes! More recipes!

The average person entering a chinese restaurant might blink when seeing this entry on the menu: Dim Sum. More than an appitizer, less than a complete meal, think of them as several bites of heaven. Usually a mixture of some form of dough, and a...

Pros: delicious recipes; great instructions; clear layout
Cons: some time-consuming techniques; a few ingredients harder to find than others

One of the best things about moving from Vermont to the Boston area to go to college was the wide sp ...

Pros: Well written recipes, delicious results
Cons: Index not very useful, illustrations could be better

The pleasures of a dim sum meal in a bustling Chinese restaurant are a fading memory now that I've relocated to a small town on the east coast. So finding this book in my local library got me a little excited. Dim Sum, by Ellen Leong Blonder, ...

Pros: Authentic, easy to make at home, dim sum favorites
Cons: Hard to choose which to make

After enjoying dim sum in Chinatown for a couple of years, but being frustrated by having to take a two hour drive to get it, I decided to get a cookbook that would allow me to make it on my own instead. I was a little nervous about if I would be able to ...