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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
I have talked to some people that think he is a gift to Mexican food. Those same people think you have to be a celebrity to know anything about food. And use only the expensive cookware. So buyer beware.
Oh and I totally agree with your sentiment. Someone that has been doing it for years will know way more than some "celebrity" chef.
I recently found a regional cookbook from China. Actual home cooks in China.
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I don't remember hearing his name before until I saw this cookbook.
I suppose that he is a celebrity
because of his cooking (like Rachael Ray, Paula Deen,
et al), and was not one prior to that for some completely unrelated reason. I am always skeptical of people who are already celebrities (because of being in movies, being well-known musicians,
et al.) and want to tell other people how to cook. Yetwe are supposed to go gaga over his or her cookbook because of that. If one of them is a good cook, it is purely coincidental, and there are not more good cooks among them than there are among any other group of people.
Is this cookbook from China that you mentioned still in copyright? If not, is there any way that you could scan it and post it on MobileRead? I get the feeling that real Chinese people don't eat the food in so-called Chinese restaurants that they work in here in the States. It is way too Americanized. When I see workers in a Chinese restaurant sit down for their own lunches or dinners, what they eat does not resemble anything that I've seen on that restaurant's buffet or menu. But, being an American, I might not like the real thing, and want the Americanized stuff instead.