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Welcome to graceyoung.com, devoted to my cookbooks, The
Breath of a Wok and The Wisdom of the
Chinese Kitchen. February 7, 2008 marks the beginning of the Year of the Rat, 4706, on the lunar calendar. Let me wish
all of you who have come to this site a very Happy and Auspicious
New Year. I hope the coming year will bless you and your family
with good fortune, longevity and happiness!
what's happening now!
 The Breath of a Wok: Unlocking the Spirit of
Wok Cooking Through Recipes and Lore, by Grace Young and
Alan Richardson, (Simon & Schuster) won the IACP (International
Association of Culinary Professionals) International Cookbook Award
and the Jane Grigson Cookbook Award for distinguished scholarship.
It also won the World Food Media Awards' Best Food Book in Australia.
In conjunction with the publication, an exhibition called Wok
Hay: The Breath of a Wok opened on September 13, 2004 at the
Asian/Pacific/American Studies Gallery at New York University. The exhibit traveled
to The Portland Classical Chinese Garden in Portland, OR February
10, 2005.
You can read and
listen to more about The Breath of a Wok in featured pieces
in The New York Timesand All Things Considered.
The
Breath of a Wok will bring to you a new appreciation of Chinese culinary
history, one which very much has its roots in the humble yet rugged
wok. Grace takes us on an unforgettable journey back to the homeland,
traveling throughout China's provinces to learn about this
ancient culinary tool through personal stories, interviews, and
of course recipes. All are accompanied by the phenomenal photography
of Alan Richardson. This goes way beyond the scope of any traditional
cookbook and will captivate cooks and non-cooks alike!
--- Ming Tsai, author of Simply
Ming
 The
Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen won the 2000 IACP (international
Association of Culinary Professionals) International Cookbook Award.
It was also
a James Beard finalist for best International cookbook.
Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club,
has called The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen, "A
cookbook of family secrets that the Kitchen God's Wife
would have been proud to write for her daughter."
Copyright 2004. Graceyoung.com. All rights reserved. All photographs except for those of the family and where otherwise indicated are copyrighted by Alan Richardson. No photograph on this website can be downloaded, reproduced, or used in any way without written permission of the photographer.
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