The book is dedicated to Katie Chin’s famous Guangzhou-born mother, who taught Katie to cook. Katie covers the basics on the ingredients, tools and techniques used in Chinese cuisine, and her recipes – classic Cantonese and Chinese-American dishes – are broken down into short steps. A great entrée to Chinese cooking.

"Katie Chin has done us all a huge favor: she's provided us with recipes for so many of the Chinese dishes we always wanted to cook but have never had clear and easy instructions to prepare…Thank you Katie Chin!" ―Martha Stewart

This treasury of family recipes includes many unique dishes that Katie Chin's mother Leeann developed during a six-decade career in the food business, including time-honored classics that she learned from her mother in China. Some dishes reflect Leeann's Chinese-American childhood or are recipes which Katie and Leeann developed while together. Others are creations that Katie has invented more recently. Woven throughout the book are fond memories and anecdotes from Katie's childhood, always involving cooking and eating with her mom.

Katie Chin's Everyday Chinese Cooking is a celebration of Leeann Chin's fantastic mastery of the complete array of flavors and techniques in Chinese cuisine, and her unique ability to make them accessible to Westerners. Katie provides tips and techniques which allow anyone to create a refined and tasty Chinese meal at home.

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