Synopses & Reviews
Following the success of her first book, Kylie Kwong: Recipes and Stories, Kylie branches out from her Chinese culinary heritage to explore the cuisines of Europe, the Mediterranean, and North Africa. With the emphasis on intense flavors and the freshest and finest produce, she creates mouth-watering dishes out of inspired combinations of Western ingredients and Eastern techniques. From a fresh take on Chinese-restaurant classics to treasured family favorites, this is food to be relished. In Heart and Soul, which accompanied her first television series, Kylie Kwong shares the recipes for the dishes she most loves to cook—whether for a simple supper of Hokkien noodles, a family celebration in her own home, or a stylish cocktail party.
Synopsis
In this book accompanying her ABC television series, Australian-Chinese chef Kylie Kwong shares the recipes for the dishes she most loves to cook whether for a simple supper of Hokkien noodles, a family celebration in her own home, or a stylish cocktail party.
Following the success of her first book, Kylie Kwong: Recipes and Stories, Kylie branches out from her Chinese culinary heritage to explore the cuisines of Europe, the Mediterranean, and North Africa. With the emphasis on intense flavors and the freshest and finest produce, she creates mouthwatering dishes out of inspired combinations of Western ingredients and Eastern techniques. From a fresh take on Chinese restaurant classics to treasured family favorites, this is food to be relished."
About the Author
Kylie Kwong is well known as the proprietor of the celebrated Billy Kwong restaurant in inner-city Sydney, and as a passionate advocate of sustainable food and ethical eating. Her restaurant uses locally grown, organic and biodynamic produce, and was the first climate-friendly restaurant in New South Wales. A long-time supporter of the Slow Food movement and its aims, Kylie runs a stall at Eveleigh Farmers' Market in Sydney and helps to nurture the next generation of cooks through the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation. She has also developed a range of fair trade kitchenware in conjunction with Oxfam. Kylie is the author of five other books It Tastes Better, My China, Simple Chinese Cooking, Heart and Soul and Recipes and Stories and presenter of three television series that have aired internationally.