Title: Not very impressive
Review: This book is one of a series dealing with the cuisines of various cultures. I have bought two so far and I am not in a hurry to buy any more, although I do note that the different books have different authors, so perhaps some of the others are worth the money. This particular book, I have to say, is not very good. Other than the section on the medicinal use of foodstuffs in China (which is not bad), most of what is presented can easily be found elsewhere. Most of my Chinese cookbooks give background information about food and cultural practices and cumulatively they cover just about everything I read in this little book. I also note that there were several factual errors in the text. I have to say that, when I come across something in a book that I know to be wrong, I am disinclined to take that book as being an authority on anything else. I am not going to keep this one for my collection.
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