Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Credibility/research: 9, the author is clear that she’s constructed recipes around her own experience as a Chinese American, exploring both traditional Chinese bakery recipes and her own modern American twist on them. Her explanation of why things work, ingredient-wise and technique-wise, lends an authority to the recipes. Authenticity/uniqueness: 9, I’ve read a lot of cookbooks, including a lot of baking books, but I can count on one finger the number of Chinese American baking cookbooks I’ve come across. It was particularly charming because I’ve eaten several of these things, but never even considered trying to make any […]