Acknowledgments

I am sincerely grateful to Suzi Arensberg for her help on this book. Her limited exposure to Chinese cooking when she first started working with me was a great asset because she represented the kind of reader I wanted my book to reach. She tried many of the recipes, asked all the right questions, her responses and her enthusiasm encouraged me, and she edited my writing with superb sensitivity.

And I am forever thankful for my good fortune at having Judith Jones as my editor. By glancing at a few words at a time, she was able to inspire the direction and illuminate the shape and form of this outpouring of my knowledge, my experience, and my love for Chinese cuisine.