Festive Food Of China, The

Description: Chinese New Year, Festival of the Winter Solstice, The Sacrificial Moon - all these wonderful, vibrant festivals of the Chinese Lunar Year include delicious feasts, which are enjoyed by friends and family. Rustle up Drunken Chicken to celebrate the Birthday of the City Gods, serve a heart-warming Chicken Hot Pot for Little New Year or make tasty Peking Dumplings for New Year's Day. Including colourful location photography, this is a tantalising collection of recipes that will inspire and excite you throughout the year to cook up a Chinese banquet in style.

Author Biography: Deh-Ta Hsiung needs little introduction as a prestigious Chinese cookery authority in the UK. He is the author of more than a dozen published cookery books including The Food of China with Nina Simonds (Murdoch) and The Chinese Kitchen for Kyle Cathie. He is also a teacher at the internationally renowned Ken Lo's Chinese Cookery School in London and many other catering institutes all over the country. He has taught in Ireland, Finland and as far away as India.