It's a MASSIVE, well researched cookbook about Chinese food. When I mean massive it is a big cookbook, it's over 500 pages massive and put all my other Chinese cookbook to shame.
In perusing this book, I can tell the Carolyn Phillips has spent a lot of time researching food from each of the five regions that she covers in this book. It's well researched and comes with recipes from simple to difficult. She starts each region by giving a history of the region, breaking down each major city in the region.
I know there are ingredients that might be difficult to find in some regions but Carolyn has offered alternatives to the difficult ingredients.
Note, there are no pictures in this book so if you want pictures in your cookbook, this book might not be for you.
If you had to buy one Chinese cookbook, this one is it.
http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/534780/all-under-heaven-by-carolyn-phillips/
I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.
