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"This elegant dish is a local specialty of Yueyang, a fishing village in the Hunan Province. From the Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook."

Ingredients: dried shiitake mushrooms, cornstarch...

"Fermented black beans are found in Asian markets and once you buy them, they last pretty much forever! Also called salted black beans, they're used in the black bean chicken you order from Chinese take-out and has a much different flavor than the Mexican type of black beans. From chef Fuchsia Dunlop with my addition of some red pepper for color!..."

Ingredients: fermented black beans, fresh ginger...

"From the Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook. Chairman Mao's nephew told the author that the people of Mao's home village, Shaoshan, recommend red-braised pork as a health food: "Men eat it to build their brains and ladies to make themselves more beautiful" and this is Mao Anping's recipe. The recipe below gets its lovely reddish gloss..."

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, dried red chilies...

"This is an extraordinary way of cooking cucumber, revealing an unexpected side to the vegetable. Although cooked in a wok, the cucumber pieces are colored by laying them more-or-less flat against the surface of the wok, a method known in Chinese as jian (pan-fry) rather than chao (stir-fry). From the Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook."

Ingredients: cucumbers, garlic...

"This sandwich is a speciality of Shaan-xi Province in China. I have modified this to use pork rather than the lamb which would be traditional. The filling would also make a great filling for Steamed Buns unstead of the Chinese Barbequed Pork tradtionally used."

Ingredients: chili oil, szechuan peppercorns...