Chow: From China to Canada: Memories of Food and Family

Product Description

A cookbook and a fascinating glimpse into Canadian history.
Born a two-pound preemie in 1917, Dennis Wong may have begun his love of food after spending the first months of his life keeping warm in his mother’s cooking oven.
Miraculously surviving his tenuous beginning, Dennis went on to pursue an ambitious culinary career, opening two Chinese-Canadian cafés in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, to introduce countless adventurous Canadian diners to Chinese food.
In Chow, Dennis’s daughter Janice Wong tells her father’s tale through heart-rending stories and traditional Chinese village recipes.
A collection of more than 50 simple family fare dishes, Chow contains early photographs, immigration documents, 1940s restaurant menus, and handwritten recipes that trace the history of some of Canada’s first ethnic restaurants. Written with refreshing sincerity, Chow is both a terrific cookbook and a detailed record of an intriguing chapter in Canadian history.
It includes recipes for:

Dungeness Crab with Black Bean Sauce
Steamed Chicken with Rice, Sausage and Mushrooms
Asparagus, Mushrooms and Pork
Chinese Barbecue Duck
Peking Doilies
Wong’s Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Review

In crafting Chow, Wong pays homage to both her rich Chinese heritage and her colourful family in one stroke. (
Canadian Living 2007-03-00)

Elegantly presented and… delightful…. Chow is an utterly authentic memoir, and the recipes are excellent. (Brian Fawcett
Books In Canada 2006-12-01)

About the Author

Janice Wong is a visual artist whose work has received numerous awards. The daughter of a restaurateur, she was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. She now lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.