cover image New Chinese Vegetarian Cooking

New Chinese Vegetarian Cooking

Kenneth Lo. Pantheon Books, $12 (211pp) ISBN 978-0-394-75005-7

Chinese cooking authority Lo has invented dishes that present vegetables in an Oriental equivalent of ""cuisine naturelle.'' The recipes are, nonetheless, quintessentially Chinese, for example, cold-tossed bean curd with egg, garlic-ginger dressing, mixed sauces or cold-tossed noodles with sweetened brown-bean sauce and stir-fried, soupy stews. Many of the dishes make equally good main or side courses or can be combined in a Chinese banquet. Similarly, many of the techniques and seasonings Lo discusses are versatile enough for all sorts of vegetables. (April)