Asian Grocery Store Demystified: A Food Lover's Guide to all the Best Ingredients Book

Foreword	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
CHAPTER 1 A Walk through Mr. Lin's Grocery Store	15
CHAPTER 2 Rice	24
CHAPTER 3 Noodles	30
CHAPTER 4 Starches & Flour	43
CHAPTER 5 Flavorings & Condiments	49
CHAPTER 6 Oils	64
CHAPTER 7 Vegetables	67
CHAPTER 8 Herbs & Aromatics	80
CHAPTER 9 Fresh Fruit	87
CHAPTER 10 Soybean Products	93
CHAPTER 11 Eggs & Preserved Meats	100
CHAPTER 12 Pickled Items & Preserves	105
CHAPTER 13 Dried Goods & Spices	111
CHAPTER 14 Canned Goods	125
CHAPTER 15 Snacks & Sweets	132
CHAPTER 16 Teas, Healing Tea, & Herb Tea	145
CHAPTER 17 Cookingwith Chinese Herbs	161
CHAPTER 18 Japanese Food Products	168
CHAPTER 19 Exotic Items for the Cultivated Palate	182
CHAPTER 20 The Mosaic Melting Pot: The Rest of the Asian
Market	186
EPILOGUE	196
APPENDIX 1 Basic Utensils	197
APPENDIX 2 Basic Asian Cooking Techniques	199
APPENDIX 3 Recipes	202
GLOSSARY	225
INDEX	229