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  • Easy Asian Cookbook: 100+ Takeout Favorites Made Simple cover

    Easy Asian Cookbook: 100+ Takeout Favorites Made Simple

    Kathy Fang

  • Bad B*tch in the Kitch: Craveable Asian Recipes to Ditch the Takeout: A Cookbook cover

    Bad B*tch in the Kitch: Craveable Asian Recipes to Ditch the Takeout: A Cookbook

    Cassie Yeung

  • Bao: Asian-style fluffy buns, dim sum & more from your bamboo steamer cover

    Bao: Asian-style fluffy buns, dim sum & more from your bamboo steamer

    Loretta Liu

  • The Guide to Chinese Cooking: A Journey Through China's Favorite Dishes cover

    The Guide to Chinese Cooking: A Journey Through China's Favorite Dishes

    Handa Cheng

  • Chinese Made Easy: Simple, Modern Recipes for Every Day cover

    Chinese Made Easy: Simple, Modern Recipes for Every Day

    Kwoklyn Wan

  • The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen: Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen cover

    The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen: Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen

    Grace Young

  • Chinese Takeout Cookbook: From Wontons to Sweet 'n' Sour, Over 70 Recipes to Re-create Your Favorites cover

    Chinese Takeout Cookbook: From Wontons to Sweet 'n' Sour, Over 70 Recipes to Re-create Your Favorites

    Kwoklyn Wan

  • The Woks of Life: Recipes to Know and Love from a Chinese American Family: A Cookbook cover

    The Woks of Life: Recipes to Know and Love from a Chinese American Family: A Cookbook

    Bill Leung, Kaitlin Leung, Judy Leung, Sarah Leung

  • Chinese-American Barbecue: Big-Flavor Asian BBQ from the Smoke Queen cover

    Chinese-American Barbecue: Big-Flavor Asian BBQ from the Smoke Queen

    Winnie Yee

  • Lucky Dragon Supper Club: Asian-inspired dinner party ideas for home cooks cover

    Lucky Dragon Supper Club: Asian-inspired dinner party ideas for home cooks

    Stephanie Feher

  • Have You Eaten Yet?: Family Recipes from a Restaurant Daughter (A Cookbook) cover

    Have You Eaten Yet?: Family Recipes from a Restaurant Daughter (A Cookbook)

    Ming-Na Wen

  • Slurp: Recipes to Elevate Your Noodles cover

    Slurp: Recipes to Elevate Your Noodles

    Dennis Yen

  • The Chinese Way: Classic Techniques, Fresh Flavors (A Cookbook) cover

    The Chinese Way: Classic Techniques, Fresh Flavors (A Cookbook)

    Betty Liu

  • Sama Sama: Comfort Food from My Mixed Malaysian Kitchen cover

    Sama Sama: Comfort Food from My Mixed Malaysian Kitchen

    Julie Lin

  • A Very Chinese Cookbook: 100 Recipes from China and Not China (But Still Really Chinese) cover

    A Very Chinese Cookbook: 100 Recipes from China and Not China (But Still Really Chinese)

    Kevin Pang, Jeffrey Pang, America's Test Kitchen

  • House of Nanking: Family Recipes from San Francisco's Favorite Chinese Restaurant cover

    House of Nanking: Family Recipes from San Francisco's Favorite Chinese Restaurant

    Kathy Fang, Peter Fang

  • The Nom Wah Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from 100 Years at New York City's Iconic Dim Sum Restaurant cover

    The Nom Wah Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from 100 Years at New York City's Iconic Dim Sum Restaurant

    Wilson Tang, Joshua David Stein

  • Beyond Korean: Easy Recipes for Korean, Japanese, and Chinese Favorites cover

    Beyond Korean: Easy Recipes for Korean, Japanese, and Chinese Favorites

    Aaron Huh

  • Mission Vegan: Wildly Delicious Food for Everyone―A Revolutionary Approach to Plant-Based Cuisine, Fusing Bold Flavors and Healthy Ingredients for the Adventurous Home Cook cover

    Mission Vegan: Wildly Delicious Food for Everyone―A Revolutionary Approach to Plant-Based Cuisine, Fusing Bold Flavors and Healthy Ingredients for the Adventurous Home Cook

    Danny Bowien, JJ Goode

  • My Shanghai: Recipes and Stories from a City on the Water cover

    My Shanghai: Recipes and Stories from a City on the Water

    Betty Liu

  • Asian Pickles: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Cured, and Fermented Preserves from Korea, Japan, China, India, and Beyond [A Cookbook] cover

    Asian Pickles: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Cured, and Fermented Preserves from Korea, Japan, China, India, and Beyond [A Cookbook]

    Karen Solomon

  • Chinese Enough: Homestyle Recipes for Noodles, Dumplings, Stir-Fries, and More cover

    Chinese Enough: Homestyle Recipes for Noodles, Dumplings, Stir-Fries, and More

    Kristina Cho

  • My Best Friend Is Gluten-Free: 100+ Asian-Inspired Recipes for Bringing People Together cover

    My Best Friend Is Gluten-Free: 100+ Asian-Inspired Recipes for Bringing People Together

    Jannell Lo

  • The Vegan Asian Kitchen: 100+ Plant-Based Recipes Inspired by Malaysia, China, Thailand, and Beyond cover

    The Vegan Asian Kitchen: 100+ Plant-Based Recipes Inspired by Malaysia, China, Thailand, and Beyond

    WoonHeng Chia

  • Oodles and Oodles of Vegan Noodles: Soba, Ramen, Udon & More―Easy Recipes for Every Day cover

    Oodles and Oodles of Vegan Noodles: Soba, Ramen, Udon & More―Easy Recipes for Every Day

    Cheynese Khachame

  • BAO cover

    BAO

    Erchen Chang, Shing Tat Chung, Wai Ting Chung

  • Xi'an Famous Foods: The Cuisine of Western China, from New York's Favorite Noodle Shop cover

    Xi'an Famous Foods: The Cuisine of Western China, from New York's Favorite Noodle Shop

    Jason Wang

  • Cook Like a King: Recipes from My California Chinese Kitchen cover

    Cook Like a King: Recipes from My California Chinese Kitchen

    Melissa King

  • Mooncakes and Milk Bread: Sweet and Savory Recipes Inspired by Chinese Bakeries (A James Beard Award-Winning Cookbook. The Perfect Gift for Bakers, Baking Fans, and Foodies) cover

    Mooncakes and Milk Bread: Sweet and Savory Recipes Inspired by Chinese Bakeries (A James Beard Award-Winning Cookbook. The Perfect Gift for Bakers, Baking Fans, and Foodies)

    Kristina Cho

  • Down South + East: A Chinese American Cookbook cover

    Down South + East: A Chinese American Cookbook

    Ron Hsu, Hugh Amano

  • The Complete Illustrated Guide to Chinese Cooking: Techniques, Ingredients & Recipes cover

    The Complete Illustrated Guide to Chinese Cooking: Techniques, Ingredients & Recipes

    Orathay Souksisavanh

  • Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking cover

    Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking

    Fuchsia Dunlop

  • Simply Chinese: Recipes from a Chinese Home Kitchen cover

    Simply Chinese: Recipes from a Chinese Home Kitchen

    Suzie Lee

  • A-Gong's Table: Vegan Recipes from a Taiwanese Home (A Chez Jorge Cookbook) cover

    A-Gong's Table: Vegan Recipes from a Taiwanese Home (A Chez Jorge Cookbook)

    George Lee

  • Wok On: Deliciously balanced Asian meals in 30 minutes or less cover

    Wok On: Deliciously balanced Asian meals in 30 minutes or less

    Ching-He Huang

  • Salt Sugar MSG: Recipes and Stories from a Cantonese American Home cover

    Salt Sugar MSG: Recipes and Stories from a Cantonese American Home

    Calvin Eng

  • Tenderheart: A James Beard Award Winner: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds cover

    Tenderheart: A James Beard Award Winner: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds

    Hetty Lui McKinnon

  • The Wolf of Wok Street: Restaurant-Quality Asian Food in 80+ Recipes cover

    The Wolf of Wok Street: Restaurant-Quality Asian Food in 80+ Recipes

    Vincent Lim

  • Five Tastes: Delicious Recipes for Chinese Flavors cover

    Five Tastes: Delicious Recipes for Chinese Flavors

    Fuchsia Dunlop

  • Easy Chinese Food Anyone Can Make: Tasty everyday recipes for noodles, rice, dumplings and more! cover

    Easy Chinese Food Anyone Can Make: Tasty everyday recipes for noodles, rice, dumplings and more!

    Emma Chung

  • Mayumu: Filipino American Desserts Remixed cover

    Mayumu: Filipino American Desserts Remixed

    Abi Balingit

  • 168 Better Than Takeout Chinese Recipes - A Cookbook cover

    168 Better Than Takeout Chinese Recipes - A Cookbook

    Mandy Fu

  • Mister Jiu's in Chinatown: Recipes and Stories from the Birthplace of Chinese American Food [A Cookbook] cover

    Mister Jiu's in Chinatown: Recipes and Stories from the Birthplace of Chinese American Food [A Cookbook]

    Brandon Jew, Tienlon Ho

  • Cha Chaan Teng: Comfort Food from Hong Kong's Iconic Diners cover

    Cha Chaan Teng: Comfort Food from Hong Kong's Iconic Diners

    Lucas Sin

  • Asian Green: Everyday plant based recipes inspired by the East cover

    Asian Green: Everyday plant based recipes inspired by the East

    Ching-He Huang

  • Vegan Chinese Food cover

    Vegan Chinese Food

    Yang Liu, Katharina Pinczolits

  • Made in Taiwan: Recipes and Stories from the Island Nation (A Cookbook) cover

    Made in Taiwan: Recipes and Stories from the Island Nation (A Cookbook)

    Clarissa Wei

  • Breaking Bao: 88 Bakes and Snacks from Asia and Beyond cover

    Breaking Bao: 88 Bakes and Snacks from Asia and Beyond

    Clarice Lam

  • Healing Herbal Soups: Boost Your Immunity and Weather the Seasons with Traditional Chinese Recipes: A Cookbook cover

    Healing Herbal Soups: Boost Your Immunity and Weather the Seasons with Traditional Chinese Recipes: A Cookbook

    Rose Cheung, Genevieve Wong

  • Bao: Asian-style buns, dim sum and more from your bamboo steamer cover

    Bao: Asian-style buns, dim sum and more from your bamboo steamer

    Loretta Liu

  • Family Style: Elegant Everyday Recipes Inspired by Home and Heritage ―A Cookbook with a Modern Twist, Impress Your Guests cover

    Family Style: Elegant Everyday Recipes Inspired by Home and Heritage ―A Cookbook with a Modern Twist, Impress Your Guests

    Peter Som

  • Stacked: The Art of the Perfect Sandwich ― TikTok Sensation Owen Han's Cookbook of Tacos, Wraps, and Burgers cover

    Stacked: The Art of the Perfect Sandwich ― TikTok Sensation Owen Han's Cookbook of Tacos, Wraps, and Burgers

    Owen Han

  • East: 120 Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes from Bangalore to Beijing [American Measurements] cover

    East: 120 Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes from Bangalore to Beijing [American Measurements]

    Meera Sodha

  • Stir Crazy (Ching He Huang) cover

    Stir Crazy (Ching He Huang)

    Ching-He Huang