Dining With Liyuen [Paperback]

The culmination of a 35-year career, Dining with Liyuen presents authentic Chinese recipes that are easy to make at home. Liyuen Buesing is a chef, foodie, and entrepreneur. Raised in Taiwan, she learned the art of traditional Chinese cooking from her mother. Liyuen moved to New Hampshire in 1975 and has been teaching Chinese cooking in the Seacoast area for over 35 years. Her award-winning spring rolls are sold throughout New England. She is the owner and operator of Liyuen's Chinese Culinary Specialties, a cooking school, caterer, wholesale market, and Chinese carry-out in North Hampton, NH. When I first moved to New Hampshire and became the food writer and restaurant critic for The Portsmouth Herald 14 years ago, I asked everyone I knew where to find great Chinese food in the area. Every single person recommended Liyuen's Chinese Culinary Specialties. After enjoying her truly authentic and delicious cuisine, I knew I had to take a class at her cooking school to learn how to make at least some of those dishes in my own home. I did learn to make the juicy dumplings and more, but I also I learned about the origin of those dishes and their importance through Liyuen's own fascinating, entertaining, and touching family stories. That we can now have those stories and recipes in a lovely book is almost-not quite-but almost as wonderful as hearing Liyuen tell them herself. --Rachel Forrest Food Writer and Restaurant Critic The Portsmouth Herald