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"This has a great garlic flavor and tastes delicious with or without the heaters!"

Ingredients: cornstarch, dry sherry, garlic...

"Easy peasy Chinese cooking, when you just don't have time, but really have the taste for it! All on the table in 20 minutes! :)"

Ingredients: hot pepper oil, garlic...

"Dad has forsaken many a meal outside, just so that he wouldn't miss out in this meal at home. Try it, and you will see the wonderful effect it has. :)"

Ingredients: boneless beef sirloin, fresh ground black pepper...

"For when you want to take a walk on the wild side. Adjust the heat to your own taste."

Ingredients: cornstarch, hot bean paste...

"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 was the other main dish at my Chinese New Year's party. Several guests declined a second chopstick load and requested large amounts of water, others went back for thirds. Depends on how much you treasure the continued existence of your taste buds...and don't be scared by the long ingredients list, they're all simple and easy.
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Ingredients: cider vinegar, seitan...

"Great served with chicken or seafood as a side dish."

Ingredients: fresh lime juice, fresh mint...

"Entered for safe-keeping, from Weight Watchers Magazine September-October 2008. 3 "thingies" per serving. Original recipe called for 10-oz package of fresh sugar snap peas and baby carrots. Serve with "Quick Mushroom Barley Pilaf WW" for 2 "thingies" per serving."

Ingredients: cornstarch, boneless sirloin steaks...

"A common appetizer in the Hunan province of China, smacked cucumbers got their name because of the way you whack the cucumbers with the flat of a cleaver blade to encourage them to absorb the flavors of the dressing. From the Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook."

Ingredients: chili oil, cucumbers, garlic...

"The unusual name of this traditional dish refers to the crunchy sound the salted and barely cooked radish slivers make when you bite them. From the Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook,this is easy to make, and pretty with the white, red and green colors."

Ingredients: cornstarch, daikon radishes...

"Found this recipe in a cookbook, and made this for Christmas instead of the usual Roast Turkey. Just for a little oriental touch. Looks good on the table, as good as restaurant made, or better! According to my Christmas guest."

Ingredients: dried Chinese mushrooms, baby bok choy...