Livre d'occasion - Cooking South of the Clouds : Recipes & Stories from China's Yunnan Province - Georgia Freedman

Yunnan is the other China, the one you don't hear about on the news. It has been called the China "beyond the Great Wall." Twenty-four of the country's minority groups live in Yunnan, each preserving its own traditions. Stretching from the Himalayan plateau to the subtropical regions, Yunnan encompasses everything from alpine meadows to rainforest. It is the most culturally, biologically, and meteorologically diverse region in China.

Culinary-wise, this means Yunnan is one of the most delicious places on earth. The region is famous for its mushrooms, hams, pickles, edible flowers, use of potatoes, and its love of chilies and Sichuan peppercorns.

Yunnan's food is exciting and unfamiliar, but much of it is actually quite easy to prepare, using simple techniques already familiar to Western cooks. Each chapter covers a different region with its signature recipes, such as Tibetan momo dumplings, Dai cucumber salad with peanuts, Kunming's famous "crossing the bridge" noodles, oriental-style fried rice with ham, potatoes, and peas, and roasted eggplant salad near the Burmese border.

Complete with profiles of local cooks, artisans, and farmers, as well as breathtaking on-location photographs, Cooking South of the Clouds takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the land of Shangri-La and introduces a new world of flavors.