Earl Thollander Books

Here is the largest, most comprehensive Chinese cookbook ever published for the Western world. Gloria Bley Miller distills centuries of Chinese culinary lore into clear, concise directions that will enable you to produce dishes that please the eye, delight the taste buds, and suit your budget. Miller tells you how to prepare everything from Egg Drop Soup to Eight Precious Pudding. There are 150 recipes for chicken alone, plus many variations. Commonplace pork, beef, and seafood suddenly become delicacies, while vegetables retain their color and texture. Not only are they delicious, they are high in nutrition and low in calories as well.

Earl Thollander, whose Back Roads series has sold more than 65,000 copies, he re leads 30 fascinating walking tours of San Francisco that show one of the country's most exciting cities in a sparkling new light. 50 black-and-white illustrations and 25 maps.