If you like Chinese food and want to cook modern Asian dishes at home, this hardcover book is great. Recipes are not complicated, without long lists of ingredients and steps. If you don’t have a wok, don’t worry - - you can use a sauté pan.The author also has a chapter explaining the main ingredients for your pantry and what to look for to identify the right one (e.g. black bean sauce vs hot bean paste). Lots of glossy color photos. Here are the chapters and sample recipes: Shanghainese Sauces (Tangy Ginger; Sweet Scallion); Cocktails & Appetizers (Ginger-tini; Spiced Grilled Chicken Wings); Soups & Salads (Hot & Sour; Asian Coleslaw); Poultry & Meat (Black Bean -Grilled Flank Steak; Curry Beef; Skewered Sesame Chicken); Fish & Shellfish (Rock Shrimp with Spinach); Vegetables Rice & Noodles (Not-Fried Rice; Peanut-tossed Noodles); Desserts (Peach Wonton Crisps). Condition notes: clean, flat inside pages; jacket cover clean with very minor surface imperfections (angled light dependent). See pics for all sides. #hardcover#nonfiction#cookbook#cooking#asian#chinese#recipes#stir-fry#wok#Shanghai