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I am sure, Ruth, that you know this: Fuschia is about to lead a culinary tour of Yunnan. It is one of those she leads three times a year (I think) for a company called Wild China. My son, Francois, and I went on one of her tours in May of this year. Apart from having to taste more foods than I can, the experience was fabulous.

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Lucky you! I'm sure those trips are fabulous.

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What a quick and easy fried rice recipe! I just finished reading The Paris Novel, loved it, and am interested in cooking again!

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I have Bruce Cost's cookbook "Ginger East to West". I suspect it's out of print; I got my copy at a potluck hosted by John Harris, former head of Aris Books, where attendees made recipes from this book and others published by Aris.

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I cannot wait to take home some dumplings from super taste. Thank you for another great recommendation!!

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Looks like Mala Market along with great ingredients has delicious recipes on their website. Can’t wait to try them!

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I love Fuchsia Dunlop and her series of Chinese Regional books. Well written, good range of recipes from simple to complex...but I can't help myself from stepping off into the geezer deep end and remembering that this path is already well traveled and written , plus realized in a brick and mortar SF restaurant, China Moon, by the late Barbara Tropp whose work and life, in Max Weber's memorable analogy, has been lost at sea.

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Barbara was wonderful, as was China Moon, and neither she nor her restaurant nor her books have been forgotten. What I probably should have said is that Fuchsia is part of the next generation - those who was able to study cooking on the mainland, rather than in Hong Kong or Taiwan.

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I was lucky enough, a few years ago, not only to eat a banquet dinner cooked by Fuschia, but for her to sit opposite me at the dinner at the Galle Literature Festival, in Sri Lanka.

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thank you for the dumpling tip! where should i go in LA for dumplings to keep in the freezer?

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My apologies I know this question was not directed at me, but I would send you to Kang Kang Food Court (康康小美) in Alhambra - there is also one in Temple City, but this is the original. They sell frozen dumplings of course but while you are there try the Sheng Jian Bao (生煎包).

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Fuchsia was just here not long ago!! Though I gave up my seat half-way through to someone who was late (runs in the family maybe?). I'll be back next time.

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I loved those articles, thank you for commissioning them. Her books have been the single greatest influence on how I cook today.

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I almost forgot to mention that the menus you so generously share are all treasures!

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I met Fuchsia Dunlop at The Bookworm in Beijing when her book, Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook (Hunan cuisine) came out in 2007. She was very friendly, kind, and patient with questions. I saw her again at China Live in San Francisco for the new edition of her Sichuan Cookbook (and I got to meet Cecilia Chiang!!).

She is the most knowledgeable person when it comes to Chinese cooking.

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