Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party

By Ying Chang Compestine

D Is for Dragon Dance

By Ying Chang Compestine

The Real Story of Stone Soup

By Howard Ensign Evans, Ying Chang Compestine

When a crew of Chinese fishermen forget to bring cooking utensils with them, they find creative ways to make do with what they have and what they can find.

Runaway Wok

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Ra Pu Zel and the Stinky Tofu

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A playful, feminist retelling of Rapunzel with a Chinese-cuisine twistThe story of Rapunzel where she’s being locked in a tower by a witch is a good one—but it’s not totally the t...

The runaway rice cake

By Ying Chang Compestine

After chasing the special rice cake, Nian Gao, that their mother has made to celebrate the Chinese New Year, three poor brothers share it with an elderly woman and have their generosity richly rewa...

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party

By Ying Chang Compestine

Revolution is not a dinner party

By Ying Chang Compestine

Starting in 1972 when she is nine years old, Ling, the daughter of two doctors, struggles to make sense of the communists' Cultural Revolution, which empties stores of food, homes of appliances dee...

A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts

By Ying Chang Compestine

Presents and eight-course banquet of ghost stories centering around Chinese cooking and culture. Each story is followed by a recipe and historical notes.

Boy dumplings

By Ying Chang Compestine

When a hungry ghost threatens to gobble up a plump little boy, the boy tricks the ghost by convincing him to prepare an elaborate recipe first.